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With the troubled eyes of a youth
I envied
Birds flying—
Flying they sang.
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When I breathe,
This sound in my chest
Lonelier than the winter wind
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Running away From the window of a classroom,
Alone,
I lay down among the ruins of a castle.
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Like to a stone
That rolls down a hill,
I have come to this day.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Takuboku Ishikawa
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Born:
February 20, 1886
Died:
April 13, 1912
(aged 26)
Bio:
Takuboku Ishikawa was a Japanese poet. He died of tuberculosis.
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