autumn wind — going where I want to go, as far as I can go
akikaze, ikitai hō e ikeru tokoro made
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
akikaze, ikitai hō e ikeru tokoro made
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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Set a poem you love as your alarm.
Pushed along as if by the autumn wind, he goes where he wants to go, as far as he can go. With no plan and no promises, he can go anywhere. "Autumn wind," cut off by a comma, rings like a signal to set out. One of his best-known poems, stating outright a life spent walking on.