hundreds of gourds
all coming from the heart
of a single vine
hyaku nari ya
tsuru hitsuji no
kokoro yori
Kaga no Chiyo
The Art of Haiku: Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters by Stephen Addiss
Haiku of the Week
September 26, 2012
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I enjoyed this haiku very much! However, I suspect there is an error in the Japanese text. I think that "hitsuji" should be "hitosuji"
- one fiber, strand, line etc. - in kanji, 一筋
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Posted on September 28, 2012 at 11:00 am