Renku11 – The sun goes gently to the west

The sun goes gently to the west

extending the day's fine weather

the single traveler

walks on scratching where lice bit him

as spring come to a close

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This is an extract from The Monkeys' Straw Raincoat and Other Poetry of the Bashô School, translated by Earl Miner and Hiroko Odagiri. In this section, three poets (Bashô, Chinseki, and Kyokusui) took turns writing the linked poem.

Poem by Chinseki + Kyokusui

Picture by Chris Child

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Submission deadline: 14th December 2016