Footnote: Oceanic

Through calms and storms, and

the ebb and flows of tides, the

ocean exults in

its purpose---not meddling with

other bodies of water.

 

Kyakuchuu

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This Tanka was inspired by a Haiku written by Meiji, Emperor of Japan, and read by his grandson, Emperor Hirohito, to the Japanese War cabinet prior to its negotiations for peace in 1945.

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