A Spray of Water: Tanka [the hot water in]
the hot water in
the abandoned kettle
slowly cools
still carrying the resentment
of colder water
Credit
From The Forest of Eyes by Tada Chimako, translated by Jeffrey Angles. Copyright © 2010 by Tada Chimako and Jeffrey Angles. Used by permission of University of California Press. All rights reserved.
Author
Tada Chimako
Born in 1930 in Kita-Kyūshū City, Fukuoka, Japan, Tada Chimako spent most of her youth in Tokyo during the tumultuous years of the second World War. She attended college at Tokyo Women’s Christian University where she studied French literature and formed friendships with other poets and intellectuals. Upon graduation, Tada enrolled in Keio Gijiku University to further her studies of literature.
Date Published
01/01/2010