Sitting in the shade,
I look acoss the river
at a wall of eastern
pines; it could be several
hundred years ago.
The sun is shining there
and not a motor boat
has been invented yet.
And I remain unborn.
~Kokoro Sonzai 2010 (trans. Son Rivers)
THE STATE OF JAPANESE HOKKU IN 1907
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In 1907 an English-language article about the hokku appeared in — of all
places — The Reformed Church Review, published in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. It ...
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