wide road of the exterior
Culture continues
in all corners of the globe
Summer showers’ song
1693
Maruyama keep
Yoshitsune’s long sword shines
in poor wretched place
Benkei’s lone defence
Summer grass remains today
Sepuku farewell
Back wood canopy
Over swollen river flows
Mogami boat ride
Teary eyed vista
Yudono’s vertical drop
words cannot describe
Matsuo Basho
Iga Ueno’s bright star
home of the ninja
Sixteen ninety four
masterpiece now completed
Basho leaves this earth
1693: scattered pieces and thoughts on the last year of Basho's life, walking 156 days through the interior of northern Japan.
Red Brick Keshner
Mon 20th Jan 2025 01:46
So true Rolph. My sincerest apologies. I was chewed out on another site for this LOL 😂 Really, it was a tough call, haiku/senryu being what it is. I’m putting it down to readership settings and calibration. And when was Japan ever easy to piece together, even on the best scholarship, right? So I thank you and all that waded through this and even tulipped this post, from the depths of my heart 🌷🌷🌷