DODOITSU...........
INTRODUCTION & SELECTION
 

A Definition Dodoitsu is a four line Japanese poetic form; the syllable count for the lines is 7-7-7-5 onji. No rhyme or meter is used and any subject is acceptable. In Japanese the word dodoitsu refers to a folk-song of work or love.

 

Tomislav Maretic, HR

although I haven't seen it
I know it's out there somewhere
in the distance in the wood
—robin red-breast's song


many years of passing through
this hallowed church's entrance
I caress the smooth-worn wood
of my childhood days


Oh white-flowered shepherd's purse,
if Basho hadn't noticed
you by the hedge, I wouldn't
have known about you!

 

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