sowing into the morning light, then setting out
asa no hikari e maite oite tabidatsu
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
asa no hikari e maite oite tabidatsu
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
Santōka Alarm is an iOS app that wakes you each morning with a single poem.
Set a poem you love as your alarm.
He sows the seed into the morning light, and then sets out on his journey. He may never see the place where the sprouts come up. Even so, he sows before he goes. Though it is a poem of departure, its gaze toward what he leaves behind is tender. The words "into the morning light" are dazzling.