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Over The Sea - Haiku

umi ni dete kogarashi kaeru tokoro nashi
           
 
English Translation

Once over the sea,
....winter winds can no longer
...........return home again.

Notes

According to the poets own words this poem was written "also to mourn the victims of a tragic wartime practice.", meaning kamikaze pilots who were given only enough fuel to reach the enemy warships but not enough to escape or return to the base.

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