from the fifth edition of 'the cherita : your storybook journal'

the ghost’s stutter

causes
leaves to fall

beyond the river’s bend
a magpie
flies straight

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willow herbs in seed

I find a new faith
in ghosts

forgotten melodies
roll out
an endless sky

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From the fifth edition of the cherita : your storybook journal

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Unichi Hiratsuka. Megane Bridge. 1935