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dewy indeed the flower of the dayflower

tsuyukeku mo tsuyukusa no hana no

1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)

Notes

Wet with morning dew, the dayflower blooms blue. A grass that carries dew in its very name wears dew — the poem catches that doubling just as it is, and trails off quietly, unfinished.

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