Kokinshu #234

[lnhammer]

(from the same contest)

    The autumn breeze comes
blowing past the maidenflowers --
    so even though they
cannot be seen by the eye,
their scent is indeed distinct.

—12 Apri 2012.

(Original by Ôshikôchi no Mitsune.) As maidenflowers don't have a scent, one can only assume Mitsune has intentionally confused maidenflowers and maidens, resulting in the weakest name-play of this whole arc. Compare #39 and #103 for similar poems for other, more justifiable flowers.


ominaeshi
fukisugite kuru
akikaze wa
me ni wa mienedo
ka koso shirukere

---L.

Comments

[mme_hardy]

"resulting in the weakest name-play of this whole arc."

Snerk.