Image from the Lamar Ledger 17 August 2020
such a hot day
my shadow needs to cool down
under the willow
smoky haze filling the sky
world is burning around me
~cie~
notes
The Hokku (three-line stanza) is © Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1958). The Ageku (two-line stanza) was written by me.
I am well to the northeast of where the above image was taken, but there are wildfires all over the state. We are surrounded by haze.
I will likely never publish this work in any collection. But who knows for sure?
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