Part 6

CONSIDERATE DOGS ... STEPPING OFF INTO THE SNOW AS I WALK THE PATH ISSA BUT WHEN I HALTED ON THE WINDY STREET AT TWILIGHT... SNOW STRUCK AGAINST ME KITO CALL HIM BACK! AH NO, HE'S BLOWN FROM SIGHT ALREADY... FISH-PEDDLER IN THE SNOW ANON. CROSSING IT ALONE IN COLD MOONLIGHT... THE BRITTLE BRIDGE ECHOES MY FOOTSTEPS TAIGI p. 57 SUCH A LITTLE CHILD TO SEND TO BE A PRIESTLING ICY POVERTY SHIKI WINDY WINTER RAIN... MY SILLY BIG UMBRELLA TRIES WALKING BACKWARD SHISEI-JO BUDDHA ON THE HILL... FROM YOUR HOLY NOSE INDEED HANGS AN ICICLE ISSA THIS SNOWY MORNING THAT BLACK CROW I HATE SO MUCH... BUT HE'S BEAUTIFUL! BASHO p. 58 LOOK AT THE CANDLE! WHAT A HUNGRY WIND IT IS... HUNTING IN THE SNOW! SEIRA IF THERE WERE FRAGRANCE THESE HEAVY SNOW- FLAKES SETTLING... LILIES ON THE ROCKS BASHO AH! I INTENDED NEVER NEVER TO GROW OLD ... LISTEN: NEW YEAR'S BELL! JOKUN SNOW-SWALLOWED VALLEY: ONLY THE WINDING RIVER... BLACK FLUENT BRUSH-STROKE BONCHO p. 59 ROARING WINTER STORM RUSHING TO ITS UTTER END ... EVER-SOUNDING SEA GONSUI ELEVEN BRAVE KNIGHTS CANTER THROUGH THE WHIRLING SNOW... NOT ONE BENDS HIS NECK SHIKI GOING SNOW-VIEWING ONE BY ONE THE WALKERS VANISH... WHITELY FALLING VEILS KATSURI "YES, COME IN!" I CRIED... BUT AT THE WINDY SNOW-HUNG GATE KNOCKING STILL WENT ON KYORA p. 60 SEE: SURVIVING SUNS VISIT THE ANCESTRAL

GRAVE ... BEARDED, WITH BENT CANES BASHO THE ORPHAN SPEAKS: THE YEAR-END PARTY... I AM EVEN ENVIOUS OF SCOLDED CHILDREN ISSA I GAVE THE GREETINGS OF THE BRIGHT NEW YEAR ... AS THOUGH I HELD A PLUM-BRANCH SHIKI ON JOLLY NEW YEAR'S DAY MY LAST YEAR'S BILLS DROP IN TO PAY THEIR COMPLIMENTS ANON. p. 61 DEATH-SONG: LEAF ALONE, FLUTTERING ALAS, LEAF ALONE, FLUTTERING ... FLOATING DOWN THE WIND ANON. DEATH-SONG: I HAVE KNOWN LOVERS... CHERRY-BLOOM ... THE NIGHTINGALE ... I WILL SLEEP CONTENT ANON. DEATH-SONG: FEVER-FELLED HALF-WAY, MY DREAMS AROSE TO MARCH AGAIN... INTO A HOLLOW LAND BASHO DEATH-SONG: THREE LOVELIEST THINGS: MOONLIGHT ... CHERRY- BLOOM ... NOW I GO SEEKING SILENT SNOW RIPPO