the sharp edge
of her departing words ...
my head hangs
on the crescent moon's tip
in our childhood river
Ripples in the Sand, 2016 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
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...
