stomping on the mum
the croaking frog
ISSA 1812
.しぐるるや菊を踏へてなく蛙
shigururu ya kiku wo fumaete naku kawazu
shigururu ya kiku wo fumaete naku kawazu
Frogs are a spring season word in haiku. A winter frog, highly unusual, intimates spunky old age: a comrade and mirror for Issa.
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