2011-08-03

larryhammer: animation of the kanji for four seasonal birds fading into each other in endless cycle (Japanese poetry)
2011-08-03 07:18 am

haru tateba / hana to ya miramu / shirayuki no / kakareru eda ni / uguisu zo naku

Because [livejournal.com profile] janni dared me:


The truth about poetry, not!Kokinshu edition:


    O bush warbler,
do not cease your singing!
    For with songs of spring
I too, my friend, am only
trying to pick up some chicks.

---L.