Tanka 07

Masaoka Shiki

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on the pine needles,
each of the slender needles,
a dewdrop rests—
a thousand pearls lie
quivering, yet never fall

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  • Curtisflath

    Shiki's way with words is just mesmerizing, "a thousand pearls lie"!