In spring sunlight
the rows of tea bushes
ripple like waves
by: Tōge Morita
Tōge Morita (1924-2013) was a Japanese teacher and poet from Osaka. In the early 50s, he started publishing his poems in the Katsuragi 葛城 magazine, later becoming its editor-in-chief and, in 1990, its editor.
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