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
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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