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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil (Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude)

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Woman in Straw Hat

Aya has her share of daily work interrupted by twelve grandchildren who run in and out of her house. Her passion is writing haiku.


枯木立　孫の手を引き　豚を飼う   

in a bare grove of trees
I pull at my grandchild’s hand
while feeding the pigs

Aki Yuba  (“Ayachan” b. 1925)

*Haiku English Translations by: Janet Ikeda

Based on this original

Yuba Farm - Woman in Straw Hat
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Yuba Farm, Brazil in December 2002. Photo by Scott Smith. More »

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