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
Navigating in the Dark	Erik Campbell	05/10/2006
The Basic Con	Lew Welch	05/09/2006
Heart	Catherine Bowman	05/05/2006
Letter to Denise	Hayden Carruth	05/04/2006
Drowsing over The Arabian Nights	Thomas Kinsella	05/03/2006
Lasting Impressions	Allan Peterson	05/01/2006
Example and Admonition	Dick Barnes	04/30/2006
Just Listen	Peter Johnson	04/28/2006
First Things to Hand	Robert Pinsky	04/27/2006
Fears	Felipe Benitez Reyes	04/25/2006

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05/10/2006