this moonless night
on the long way home . . .
loneliness
and the shadow
creeping towards me
Atlas Poetica, 31, 2018
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...
