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
The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit	DJ Savarese	07/19/2023
Parasitoid	Frank Gallimore	07/18/2023
Ship/Plum	Maija Haavisto	07/17/2023
To a Bride	Mary Toles Peet	07/16/2023
The Sluggard	Isaac Watts	07/15/2023
Sleep Hygiene	Jill Khoury	07/14/2023
Oregon State Hospital	Roberto Cabrera	07/13/2023
Stability Is a Feeling	Nazifa Islam	07/12/2023
Awkwafina Clarifies That She’s Appreciating, Not Appropriating (in Black American Sentences)	Simone Person	07/11/2023
Snow Globe of Denver	The Cyborg Jillian Weise	07/10/2023

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07/19/2023