Haiku - Katsushika Hokusai, Painter Of The Great Wave At Kanagawa Poem by Michelle Claus

Haiku - Katsushika Hokusai, Painter Of The Great Wave At Kanagawa



Hokusai painted
two tiny sparrows on one
grain of rice, barefoot

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: art
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
According to legend, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, now famous for The Great Wave at Kanagawa, actually did paint two sparrows on a single grain of rice. It seemed fitting to capture this in haiku.
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