Jul
08
Summer Tanka 2022 #1
We're now in July
and still don't see a cloudless sky
as spring rains persist.
The moss is growing unchecked
tanka
Sep
07
Late Summer Tanka 2017
In oppressive heat
it swirls, and I realize
why Ash Flies are named:
it gets in my eyes and stings,
Apr
06
Takuboku Tanka #3
花散れば
先づ人さきに白の服着て家出づる
我にてありしか
When the flowers fell,
The first to put on white clothes, and go outside
was me.
Mar
18
Early Spring Tanka 2017
After months of matte gray
sky, I finally get a glimpse
of the sun's wry grin;
As welcome as my
Mar
11
Takuboku Tanka #2
東海の小島の磯の白砂に
われ泣きぬれて
蟹とたはむる
On this small Pacific isle’s coast
on the rocky shore’s white sand,
I’m wet
Jan
23
Takuboku Tanka #1
はたらけど
はたらけど猶わが生活楽にならざり
ぢっと手を見る
I work
and I work,
but life gets no better;
I look fixedly at my hands.