Quintanka 39: American Sakura
Sakura are cascading
through American blue skies
with Japanese effect—
each blossom, individual,
each spray collectively alive.
~Kokoro Sonzai 2008
ON INTO WINTER
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I had thought to end the autumn season with Kigin’s “shape of the wind”
hokku, but a reader in Japan then sent me a new verse that seemed quite
appropriate...
2 weeks ago
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