Temple in the wind
a coin resounds
in a collection box
by Shuson Kato
Shuson Kato was, together with Ishida Hakyo and Nakamura Kusatao, a member of the Human Exploration School (Ningen Tankyū-ha): poets who explored "how human beings should live".
Initially, Kato was not interested in haiku and focused instead on the 31-syllable tanka. However, while working in a high school, he met a famous haiku poet, Shuoshi Mizuhara, who became his lifelong teacher.
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This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.
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