three snow dolls

David’s English
front gate--
a child is building
Snow Mountain

一茶
門先や童の作る雪の山
kado-zaki ya warabe no tsukuru yuki no yama

by Issa, 1821
59 years old, his second son die on the first month.
He has lost three children.

sakuo Renku
三つ見守る雪だるま哉
mitssu mimamoru yuki-daruma kana

watching them
three snow dolls