nothing but the moon tonight—
and cotton-like clouds in burnished shreds...
above a ragged wall of black pine trees
lining the narrow road sporadically lit—
where I and this form of a shadow split.
~Kokoro Sonzai 2010 (trans. Son Rivers)
SEEING NATURE AS NATURE
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Yesterday I received a message from a diligent student of hokku in Japan.
After mentioning my version of Sōgi’s hokku … Fading lightAnd streaks of
rain:The...
4 days ago
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