Kaga no Chiyo Poems

The morning glory!
It has taken the well bucket,
I must seek elsewhere for water.
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Putting up my hair
no more
my hands to the kotatsu
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A butterfly -
What dream
is making your wings flutter?
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Rouged lips
forgotton -
clear spring water.
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Airing out kimonos
as well as her heart
is never enough.
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Butterfly on a maiden's path
now behind
now in front.
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From the mind
of a single, long vine
one hundred opening lives.
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Grazing
my fishing line -
the summer moon.
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Just for today
using men
for rice-planting.
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Again the women
come to the fields
with unkempt hair.
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