On the Yuki Teikei trip to Japan in 1997!
Left to right: Patricia J. Machmiller, Kojin Sakamoto,
Kiyoko Tokutomi, Alice Benedict,
Lynne Leach, June Hopper Hymas.
shimizu ni wa
ura mo moto mo
nakari keri
in clear water
there's no ending,
no beginning
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775)
translated by Luca Cenisi
Chiyo-ni, an Edo era poet, is considered
one of Japan's foremost female haiku poets.
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