holding out its branches the winter tree
eda o sashinobete iru fuyuki
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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A winter tree, its leaves shed utterly, holds out its branches — bare limbs that seem to be asking for something, or else offering something this way.