after love
our bodies resume
their boundaries ...
the sound of dripping water
becomes louder and louder
German Translation by Tony Böhle
nach der Liebe
ziehen sich unsre Körper in
ihre Grenzen zurück …
der Klang tröpfelnden Wassers
wird lauter und lauter
Featured Poet, Einunddreissig, November 2015
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...
