Poetry Appreciation Thread

“A Poppy Blooms” by Katsushika Hokusai (real name Tachibana Genjiro (1665 - 1718), a Nippon/Japanese poet who was a disciple of Matsuo Bashō, one of the four great masters of Haiku.

Original Japanese and Transliteration

書いて見たりけしたり果はけしの花
kaite mitari / kes-hitari hate wa / keshi no hana
(I had to put a hyphen in the second line due to the filter).

English Translation

I write, erase, rewrite

Erase again, and then

A poppy blooms.

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