So today I found out through this amazing art post by @sonomomoyi that the episode 15 notes included this bit:
Momoi Tarou/Ahh Momoi Tarou/Momoi Tarou.....
--Sonoi, A Haiku of the Heart (a forgery)
Which is insane and I am losing my mind!!
See, because that poem is a reference to an actual poem by famous haiku poet: Matsuo Basho, you may have heard of him.
So this is like the most well known Japanese poet of all times, right? And even when he was alive, he was super revered and respected for his poetry. He traveled around Japan and wrote poems based off the places he went and the sights that he saw.
But when he went to Matsushima, he was so stunned by its beauty that all he could write was, “Matsushima/Ahh Matsushima/Matsushima’
(Actually, double checking this with google, apparently this story isn’t actually true, but it is the story that is in the Japanese cultural consciousness which is all that really matters when it comes to references)
WHICH IS PRETTY GAY OF SONOI TO REFERENCE THE ‘STRUCK SPEECHLESS BY BEAUTY POEM’ IN REGARDS TO MOMOI AND THEN TITLE IT ‘A HAIKU OF THE HEART’
Especially considering that ‘Momoi Tarou’ does not really fit the 5 mora count lol