Category: Gogyokha
The Wild – Gogyokha
In the wild the young, old and aged covered in mud chained hands, and bloodied head still not dead
Who Wins? – a Gogyohka
Rain drops Racing with sun’s rays Falls on my forehead I see them in the sunlight Who wins? NOte: This is a Gogyōka (五行歌: literally, “Five line poem”) (commonly spelled Gogyohka in English) is a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in the 1950s in his quest to find freedom from the restraints [...]



