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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme 1:
New Learners | |
. | 1 | /jm | First day out
learning to be a rabbit —
tree-bark scattered. | Spring | Young rabbit | To 6: Bark / Skin | Young rabbit | |
. | 2 | /vs | New postal job — he opens
a gate with "Beware of Dog". | No Season | n/a | To 1: Pet | Postal worker | |
. | 3 | /jm | The young mother
gives the infant her breast —
the crying stops. | No Season | n/a | To 2: Opening
(Gate / Blouse) | New mother | |
. | 4 | /vs | Erupting curses —
the rookie mason nearly
hits his chisel. | No Season | n/a | To 3: Noise stops /
Noise starts | Rookie mason | |
. | 5 | /jm | Another wrong note —
she bangs the keyboard. | No Season | n/a | To 4: Pounding motion | Piano student | |
. | 6 | /vs | He discovers how
to get under her skin:
on, off... louder... | No Season | n/a | To 5: Music | Sibling learning how to annoy | |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | |
. | 1. This a baby rabbit's first day out. The image here is of the baby rabbit nibbling on the bark of a tree creating bits of tree bark scattering it around the tree. | | | | | | | |
. | 4. Interestingly, Vaughn wrote this verse and only later discovered that John is a retired stone mason! | | | | | | | |
. | 6. We had the idea that it was a young sibling that was doing the annoying, but it is possible that one could see others in this role. | | | | | | | |
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