Catching The Thief Poem by Karai Hachiemon

Catching The Thief

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Catching the thief
And looking at him--
It was my own son!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 31 January 2017

the collaboration of 2 poets, produced the finished 'maekuzkuke': '' Catching the thief And looking at him - It was my own son! I want to kill him, And I don't want to kill him. '' The 'front verse' (1st stanza) , of 5-7-5 syllables, of a maekuzuke, was then known as 'senryu'.

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Fabrizio Frosini 31 January 2017

..the English translation is by Blyth

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