Japanese Hokku 5
While trimming the plants I saw some flowers drooping. I am a flower.
Lewis Alexander
While trimming the plants I saw some flowers drooping. I am a flower.
While tending the garden, the speaker cuts back plants and suddenly notices a few blossoms hanging limp. The sight stops him. Instead of just seeing damaged or weak flowers, he recognizes something of his own condition in them: “I am a flower.” It’s a quiet, almost offhand line, but it carries a…
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