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Nomura Poems - Poems about Nomura


Zen Death Haiku Ix
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Since I was born, I must die, and so … —Kisei (1688-1764) , loose translation/interpretation of ......

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Categories: nomura, age, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Zen Death Haiku Ii
...Today, catching sight of the mallards crying over Lake Iware: Must I too vanish into the clouds? —Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch This world— to what may we compare it? To autum......

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Categories: nomura, death, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Haiku




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