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Taira Poems - Poems about Taira


Zen Death Haiku Vii
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VII These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Stricken ill on a journey, in dreams I go wandering withered moors. —Matsuo Basho, loose translati......

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Categories: taira, age, analogy, angst, animal,
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: taira, death, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Haiku




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