The third stanza stands unitary. The signature of the poem. The Self of Advaita. Not the little self, but the witnessing awareness. That which we really are. Some have called it spirit; some, the one. Walt: “apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am.” The real writer of poems.~Hridaya Nada 2008
SNOWY NIGHT
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Here is a winter hokku by Issa, this time needing no major changes:
夜の雪だまって通る人もありyoru no yuki damatte tôru hito mo arinight ‘s snow silently
passing people...
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