Emotions
After the flood, the river
forgives the rain for falling,
and the land forgives
the river for rising. The sun
reflects on everything
transpired and calls it a day.
The next day nothing remains
except the recollection
a watermark has made.
~Son Rivers 2006
PLOP!
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Though the verse is out of season, a reader asked me how to explain Bashō’s
“Old Pond” hokku to others. First, I suggested telling them to go find an
old p...
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