mandala
February 8, 2009 - October 24, 2009
Tina, Anne, D.Horse, Mandala and Nightinmale
in twos and threes
the wild plum budding out---
a drowsy moon
Tina
nightingale in silhouette
air is still bit cold
Anne
listen, my niece started
a new career as a nurse
what is the best gift for her?
D.horse
time flies and soothes
all human sufferings
Mandala
with cards, coffee in the cup,
palm or anything
fortune told
anne
a sinking piano singing
in the deep sea
Nightinmale
ウ
yo ho ho
we are pirates
off Somalia
mandala
why do grownups take
dreaming so seriously ?
tina
damn the alarm clock!
my prince was
just about to kiss me
d.horse
here is a wand
left among the pumpkins
anne
an old woman
looking for the sickle moon
disappeared into the kitchen
nightinmale
a black cat sharpens claws
a long night of autumn
mandala
the house has been
under construction
since 19xx
tina
no subway wanted
underneath
d.horse
figures dancing on
invisible strings
of the marionette
anne
who knows…
I’m detective
nightinmale
draw and shoot
while a petal flutters
to the ground
mandala
a sweet girl named Kaoru
swaying on a swing
tina
ナオ
dozing over a book
was an old lady on the bench,
a breeze brushed her gray hair
d.horse
Mt Yari is the spiritual mountain
of spears for pilgrims
anne
look!
a quivering egg
on a stone table
nightinmale
in this way began
Pompeii’s last days
mandala
while
the lion tamer
puffed smoke rings out
tina
the clown took
his white makeup off
d.horse
amigo!
darling!
kisses and hugs innumerable
anne
thy name is frailty
therefore I love thee
nightinmale
who is reciting
the swan song
the late poetess wrote?
mandala
under an elm
playing the lute
tina
the moon evinces some pain
as I recall my old folks
left in the remote home
d.horse
ambitious student sighed
at evening class
anne
ナウ
on a bookshelf
timing an explosion
a lemon
nightinmale
'count me in skull and bones'
said someone in the dark
mandala
I'm sure of
the seminar at Shirahone
a superb sucess
tina
heavy thing dumped from roof
thawing season has come
d.horse
can you hear the postman
coming with mails
to the flowers ?
anne
like a paper plane
spring’s landed softly
nightinmale
――The End of Kasen: Wild Plum Budding Out――