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Bush warbler

Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
    on the porch rail.
   

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  • philophant
    December 12, 2003
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    Hm. This is the THIRD bird 'bombing' poem I've read today. Why, I'll never know. Hohoho


  • AndrewHide
    July 24, 2003
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    Uguisu ya mochi ni fun suru en no saki


    A spring warbler casts
    A dropping on the rice cakes —
    The veranda edge.


    This is how Professor Nobuyuki Yuasa, translated it

    Andrew

  • Desiree Darkk
    July 24, 2003
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    Hahahahahaha. I'm not sure if that's really suppose to be shits or sit but I'm leaving it. Sounds much better than sits. lol

    Desiree