Winter approaches
like the long shadow
of a breathtakingly great prehistoric bird
flying overhead. It flaps its wings
and leaves scatter.
~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
AGING PERHAPS, BUT NEVER OLD
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I do not advocate making this kind of hokku a habit, because it tends to
perpetuate the notion of the verse form as a kind of flippant game.
Nonetheless, t...
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