[ Ah, The Willow Branch ] Poem by Zyw Zywa

[ Ah, The Willow Branch ]

Ah, the willow branch

in the vase can no longer --


reach the low water.

Saturday, February 15, 2025
Topic(s) of this poem: dying,death
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Haiku by Shigenobu (-1832) , included in the 1986 collection 'Japanese Death Poems', compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: 'Nageire no / mizu mo todokazu / yanagi kana' ('A willow branch / that doesn't reach the water / in the vase') --- Collection 'After the festivities'
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