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)
JUST BECAUSE IT’S TRUE DOES NOT MAKE IT HOKKU
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A rather weak autumn hokku by Bashō. I post it only because today the
weather had turned from sunny to a bit cool and windy, and on a walk I
happened to pa...
2 days ago
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