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Cotton grass on the moor, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
The voice shouting at the horse
Is part of the storm
On the withered moor.
Kyokusui
Looking north toward Bleaklow Head, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
The horse's tail
Caught in the bramble
On the withered moor.
Buson
Cotton grass closeup, on the moor, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
The traveller walks
Over the withered moor
Eating an orange.
Shiki
Hags and groughs, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
A lantern
Entered a house
On the withered moor.
Shiki
Up a grough toward Bleaklow Hill, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
On the way back home,
Evening has fallen
Across this withered moor.
Mokudo
On the moor, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
Parting from him,
He crossed over the mountain:
This withered moor!
Buson
Looking south over Lady Clough with Kinder Scout behind, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
The flying-squirrel
Is crunching the small bird
On the withered moor.
Buson
Cotton grass on the moor, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
A boy of the village
Leading a dog
Over the withered moor.
Shiki
On the moor, Hern Clough [?], the head of the Rover Alport, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
A solitary bird
For my companion
On the withered moor.
Shiki
Fingerpost on Pennine Way, Bleaklow, a moorland plateau in the Dark Peak region of the Pennines above Glossop, Derbyshire: photo by Clem Rutter, 2008
Translations by Reginald Horace Blyth from Haiku, Volume IV, Autumn-Winter, 1951
