not so much reaping, not so much digging — sowing
karu yori horu yori maite iru
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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The second of the two "poor farmer" poems. The reaping, the digging up, and the sowing too — the work of the land never ends. Before the joy of harvest comes, the hand is already sowing the next seed.