alone in his room
I hear a distant echo . . .
facing an oncoming train
he cried out loud
I want to go back home
Fire Pearls 2 : Short Masterpieces of Love and Passion, 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...
