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Let me share the following tanka by Kaoru Natsukaze, which was contributed to a local newspaper in November 2024.


とおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおおくの戦争

／夏風かをる

wars in

farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

away

(translated by me) 


I think it satirically describes our apathetic attitudes towards the wars in "far away". Simple and powerful tanka.

Some people pointed out that it must be based on Jiro Kato's tanka, which was written in 1991:

にぎやかに釜飯の鶏ゑゑゑゑゑゑゑゑゑひどい戦争だった

／加藤治郎

chicken in a pot with rice in a lively manner

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

it was a terrible war

(translated by me) 

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