for Mayan Doomsday non/believers
Doomsday Eve
I start counting last
autumn stars
snowy morning,
December 21...
reciting Basho
the day after...
a roof icicle holding
the morning sun
PoemHunter (Dec. 22, 2012)
Note: Dec.20 is the last day of Autumn.
One Man's Maple Moon: Wisteria Tanka by Masaoka Shiki
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*English Original*
a tuft of wisteria
arranged in a vase
was too short
it couldn't reach
the surface of the tatami
*Japanese Hermeneutics*, 2002
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