草、木々、キッチン、遠くに住む友。
Tanka, haiku, small fragments.
Sea light, grass, trees.
Quiet kitchens. distant friends.
A small cabinet of quiet things.
Sometimes, simple English arrives softly.
#tanka #haiku #smallpoems #poetry
Gardens.
Trees.
The sky.
And a breeze makes everything better.
Gardens.
Trees.
The sky.
And a breeze makes everything better.
I wanted to go outside and see it, but I didn’t move.
This morning, I realized that was my only regret.
I wanted to go outside and see it, but I didn’t move.
This morning, I realized that was my only regret.
A hornet found them.
It kept coming back, drinking until it couldn’t hold another drop.
I watched for a while.
The least it could have done was stop for a little chat.
A hornet found them.
It kept coming back, drinking until it couldn’t hold another drop.
I watched for a while.
The least it could have done was stop for a little chat.
there is no light
inside my body
saddens me.
there is no light
inside my body
saddens me.
I thought about leaving it in the ground, but feared the vigorous weeds would quickly close in around it.
Until it gathers enough strength to stand on its own,
I will be its mother—
and its anxious little servant.
I thought about leaving it in the ground, but feared the vigorous weeds would quickly close in around it.
Until it gathers enough strength to stand on its own,
I will be its mother—
and its anxious little servant.
I will sleep
in the shape of something
washed ashore.
I will sleep
in the shape of something
washed ashore.
are both quiet.
Yet I hear
something like ringing.
Only the mole crickets underground,
making noise,
calling for females.
are both quiet.
Yet I hear
something like ringing.
Only the mole crickets underground,
making noise,
calling for females.
the way one remembers
a dream—
not touching,
yet within reach.
the way one remembers
a dream—
not touching,
yet within reach.
I water.
I wait.
The flower opens
without asking me.
I water.
I wait.
The flower opens
without asking me.
is everything I had been searching for.
A folded map to somewhere.
Charts pinned to the walls.
A botanical guide.
is everything I had been searching for.
A folded map to somewhere.
Charts pinned to the walls.
A botanical guide.
頁の余白の大きさは
世界そのものだった
The margins of a page
bearing a small aphorism
were the world itself.
頁の余白の大きさは
世界そのものだった
The margins of a page
bearing a small aphorism
were the world itself.
making cuttings.
I am no god—
still.
making cuttings.
I am no god—
still.
For a moment,
I thought,
I’m sorry.
Perhaps I’m too sensitive.
It was probably mass-produced,
made by a machine.
Even so—
a part of the world
is missing.
For a moment,
I thought,
I’m sorry.
Perhaps I’m too sensitive.
It was probably mass-produced,
made by a machine.
Even so—
a part of the world
is missing.
Dried roses.
A copper cup.
A fragment of an old poem.
A small slip of paper.
An unused letter pad.
My best friend,
whose whereabouts
I will never know.
A record left on the turntable.
An unread liner note.
Dried roses.
A copper cup.
A fragment of an old poem.
A small slip of paper.
An unused letter pad.
My best friend,
whose whereabouts
I will never know.
A record left on the turntable.
An unread liner note.
Perhaps I’ve loved them too much.
I cut away the damaged leaves.
Ah.
It hurts, doesn’t it.
Circulation—
I heard the word.
Perhaps I’ve loved them too much.
I cut away the damaged leaves.
Ah.
It hurts, doesn’t it.
Circulation—
I heard the word.
there were two trees in love.
Beneath the earth,
their roots intertwined so deeply,
quietly holding one another up.
But promise me—
you will not take away my sky,
and I will not break your silence.
Let us remain beside each other,
still carrying our own solitude,
there were two trees in love.
Beneath the earth,
their roots intertwined so deeply,
quietly holding one another up.
But promise me—
you will not take away my sky,
and I will not break your silence.
Let us remain beside each other,
still carrying our own solitude,
there is a tree
wrapped in a blanket, lying down,
not knowing what to do with its branches,
call for me.
Let me lie there with you,
held by your branches,
with a little space between us,
and together,
let us watch the moon outside the window.
there is a tree
wrapped in a blanket, lying down,
not knowing what to do with its branches,
call for me.
Let me lie there with you,
held by your branches,
with a little space between us,
and together,
let us watch the moon outside the window.
Then all things and all beings are dearly loved.
Those basking in the summer sunlight,
Tourists from far-off lands,
The dusty clamor of the city streets,
Seagulls gliding past the window,
Silvery wings that carve the sky,
Then all things and all beings are dearly loved.
Those basking in the summer sunlight,
Tourists from far-off lands,
The dusty clamor of the city streets,
Seagulls gliding past the window,
Silvery wings that carve the sky,
青い硝子の小瓶に入った液体は
ただの水で
何かの枝が挿してあり
生きるのに疲れた枝が
ため息をつくたびに
生への執着のような根が伸びた
色々な知識を持った人へ
この水を飲んだら
安心して眠れますか?
青い硝子の小瓶に入った液体は
ただの水で
何かの枝が挿してあり
生きるのに疲れた枝が
ため息をつくたびに
生への執着のような根が伸びた
色々な知識を持った人へ
この水を飲んだら
安心して眠れますか?
Vines cascading down embraced my shoulders.
Tearfully, I wished to be buried within the wall.
The vines nodded in pity.
The boundary between body and wall grew ambiguous.
Unseen and unjudged,
I vanished.
I erased myself.
#poetry
Vines cascading down embraced my shoulders.
Tearfully, I wished to be buried within the wall.
The vines nodded in pity.
The boundary between body and wall grew ambiguous.
Unseen and unjudged,
I vanished.
I erased myself.
#poetry