Chiyo-ni o Kaga no Chiyo 1703 – 2 de octubre de 1775 monja budista y poetisa japonesa del periodo Edo. Se considera una de las mejores poetisas haiku. Wikipedia
“My hunter of dragonflies,
How far
has he wandered today?”
Fuente: Ikuko Atsumi, Kenneth Rexroth. Women Poets of Japan. 1982. p. 53
“"Cuckoo!"
"Cuckoo!"
While I meditated
on that theme
day dawned.”
Fuente: Ikuko Atsumi, Kenneth Rexroth. Women Poets of Japan. 1982. p. 53
“I saw the moon as well
and now, world,
'truly yours' …”
Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6
