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| Tanishi (or mud-snail) |
across country roads
tiny mud snails migrate
spring rains
tiny mud snails migrate
spring rains
April showers
broken shells along the road
mud snails
broken shells along the road
mud snails
the farmer ponders
mayonnaise or garlic sauce
escargot
escargot
© G.s.k. ‘15
And it was not only I who thought of those poor snails becoming dinner:
hiroinokosu tanishi ni tsuki no yûbe kana
mud-snails:
a few remain uncaught
under the evening moon
© Yosa Buson
And here is one by Matsuo Basho which he wrote at the age of 39:
sode yogosuran tanishi no ama no hima o nami
with dirty sleeves
farmers-turned-fishermen pick up mud snails
ever so busy
© Matsuo Basho (at the age of 39)
Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
