Masaoka Shiki's Poetry, by title

• a cock crows

  a cock crows
  at the foot of the small Mt. Fuji

  4 lines, 1 comment
• a dog howling

  a dog howling
  sound of footsteps

  4 lines, 3 comments
• a fancy-free cat

  a fancy-free cat
  is about to catch

  4 lines, 2 comments
• a hollyhock

  a hollyhock
  shot up to meet

  4 lines, 2 comments
• A hundred labourers

  A hundred labourers
  digging earth:

  4 lines, 2 comments
• a jumble

  a jumble of
  flowers planted-

  4 lines
• A light

  A light
  newly lit –

  3 lines, 2 comments
• A lightning flash

  A lightning flash:
  between the forest trees

  4 lines
• A mountain village

  A mountain village
  under the pilled-up snow

  4 lines
• a quart of phlegm

  a quart of phlegm-
  even gourd water

  6 lines, 3 comments
• a snail

  a snail
  luring rain clouds

  4 lines
• A spring day

  A spring day
  A long line of footprints

  4 lines
• A stray cat

  A stray cat
  excreting

  4 lines
• A Willow

  A willow;
  and two or three cows

  4 lines, 2 comments
• a yellow green spider

  a yellow green spider
  crawling on

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Above a hollow

  Above a hollow of rock
  An ivy hangs.

  4 lines
• After killing

  After killing
  a spider, how lonely I feel

  4 lines
• again and again

  again and again
  I ask how high

  4 lines
• aiming

  aiming at
  deutzia blossoms

  4 lines
• all I can think of

  all I can think of
  is being sick in bed

  4 lines
• almost black

  almost black
  deepening purple

  4 lines
• an evening breeze

  an evening breeze
  white rose petals are

  4 lines
• an iris

  an iris
  whiter at twilight

  4 lines
• an old pond

  an old pond-
  floating upside down

  4 lines
• Asleep in a boat

  Asleep in a boat
  I lie side by side with it:

  5 lines
• at nightfall

  at nightfall
  a summer moon, white --

  4 lines
• at the front gate

  at the front gate
  dropping their heads

  4 lines
• at the full moon's

  at the full moon's
  rising, the silver-plumed

  4 lines
• At the gate

  At the gate
  Under the oak the shoots

  4 lines
• at the root

  at the root
  of a pine tree

  4 lines, 1 comment

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