Hokku 24
Oh, my own self in the barge Laden with the memory of mists, Gliding down by the life-grey stream.
Yone Noguchi
Oh, my own self in the barge Laden with the memory of mists, Gliding down by the life-grey stream.
The speaker pictures himself riding in a barge that carries “the memory of mists” and moves along a “life-grey stream.” It feels less like a real journey than a quiet inner voyage. The barge suggests passivity: he is not rowing, just gliding.
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