her last cry
My son! Why did you do this...
fades into the sky
can the cuckoo's call stretch
across the river of no return
Ribbons, 9:1, Spring 2013
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
