rather than growing tall it blooms
nobiru yori saite iru
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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Before it gets around to gaining height, it is already in bloom. A tiny plant has opened its flower without waiting to finish growing. Low as it is, it does not stop blooming — the clean resolve of a spring weed.