On yearning for what you have
In Kyoto, hearing the cuckoo ...
My thing this week is a lovely, wistful essay from last week by Kate Horowitz on the Last Word On Nothing blog: Rosa and the Lighthouse.
The essay is a meditation on longing and sensation, and includes a haiku that captures a strange and nameless emotion that I’m sure you’ve felt:
In Kyoto,
hearing the cuckoo,
I long for Kyoto.
(Bashō, tr. Jane Hirshfiel…Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
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