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Matsuo Basho - Wrapping the rice cakes 

Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
    she fingers back her hair.

Added: on December 8th, 2004 at 4:07 PM | Viewed: 2364 times | Comments (2)


Wrapping the rice cakes - Comments and Information

Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: Wrapping the rice cakes
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994

Comment 2 of 2, added on April 16th, 2005 at 1:07 PM.

preparing for a journey,
is she thinking of what she'll see or what she's leaving?

j
Comment 1 of 2, added on December 8th, 2004 at 4:07 PM.

Close your eyes and think of the words and you will see.

Randall from United States

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Wrapping the rice cakes
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994
Last read:
2008-07-01 12:17:18
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Added on December 8th, 2004 at 4:07 PM.


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