heavy with young and stumbling — a cricket, is it?
migomotte yoromeite kōrogi ka yo
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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A cricket, its belly heavy, staggers as it walks along. In the closing 'is it?' there is wonder at the life of a small insect and a tender gaze upon it. A poem watching an autumn creature from a line of sight almost level with the ground.