thinkALONG! 27 September

A TUESDAY FEATURE

host: Muskaan Ahuja

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰,

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥-𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧,

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧.

— 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐛 𝐍𝐲𝐞

What are your thoughts after reading this poem? How can you relate the lesson to haikai, in general?

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