Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-day

^{translated from the Japanese by}^{Kimiko Hahn}

[In the next room an anchor reports on border crossings]
this and that - drifts to mind - must be the sakura

[In the next room an anchor reports on increased bombing]
along this road - on which no one sets out - autumn’s foot fall

[In the next room an anchor reports on recent banned books]
Futami Bay where - a traveller severs clam from shell - I cut out into fall

さまざまの事おもひ出す櫻かな
samazama no koto omoidasu sakura kana

この道や行く人なしに秋のくれ
kono michi ya iku hito nashi ni ai no kure

蛤のふたみにわかれ行秋ぞ
hamaguri no futami ni wakare yuku aki zo

Previous Poems

Title	Author	Date
Lament of Submerged Persons	Sasha Pimentel	07/19/2019
What Follows Is a Reconstruction Based on the Best Available Evidence	Erika Meitner	07/18/2019
Desire [even in the time of the tyrant]	Leah Umansky	07/17/2019
Sleepers	Arthur Sze	07/16/2019
Two Views of a Discarded Mattress	Cate Marvin	07/15/2019
Medusa	Louise Bogan	07/14/2019
Poets! Towers of God!	Rubén Darío	07/13/2019
Untitled	Bruce Smith	07/12/2019
More than whispers, less than rumors	Bob Hicok	07/11/2019
Third Rock from the Sun	Dorianne Laux	07/10/2019

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07/19/2019