opening the window — a windowful of spring
mado akete mado ippai no haru
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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He opens the window and a windowful of spring pours in. The broad-hearted ease that lumps sky and light and scent together and simply calls them "spring." For this one instant, the small window of a small hut becomes a doorway onto the world. A poem that maps straight onto the morning hand that opens the curtains.