my tanka
take up their own lives
shamelessly
open on the page
leaving me uncovered
Haiku Pix Review, #2, Spring 2011
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...
