at the fingertip
of a child refugee . . .
cherry blossoms
Sakura Award, 2017 VCBF Haiku Invitational
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...
