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9 poems of stones.
いし · in 9 of the 701 poems of Sōmokutō
- soaked through — and this is a stone that marks the wayThe Begging Bowl
- up the stone steps in the winter rain Santa MariaThe Begging Bowl
- in the autumn wind i pick up a stoneThe Begging Bowl
- a stone enshrined where the water wells upOn the Begging Road
- where there's a stone, where there's grass, it's witheredWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- autumn wind the sound of water polishing the stoneA Landscape of Weeds
- the morning rain just enough to dampen the stonesHeart for the Road
- water on the stones — making it a spring nightHeart for the Road
- sitting down on a stone — so it was a graveThe Crow
A stone is where you sit down, where water springs. In a walker’s poems, stones always stand beside rest. “Sitting down on a stone — so it was a grave.”