Memory returns
to those ancient misty trails
around my village
but neither flowers nor love
bloom there – only my sadness
~Issa*

100 days…21st day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
Memory returns
to those ancient misty trails
around my village
but neither flowers nor love
bloom there – only my sadness
~Issa*

100 days…21st day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
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this is gorgeous and such pignant words.
Thanks…Issa is one of my favorite haiku writers
*poignant (I jumped the gun)