poking out its head the bagworm does not sing
hyoi to nozoite minomushi wa nakanai
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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A bagworm poem paired with the one before it. Though it has poked out its face, the bagworm says nothing. A creature the old tales claim can cry sits there in pure silence. And the poet who gazes at that silence is likewise alone, and silent.