Jisei Tanka

English Original:

if I put
a gun in my mouth
and splatter
my brain on cherry blossoms…
a timeless jisei?

Japanese Translation by by Hidenori Hiruta

口に銃桜の上の頭散る永遠の自制や起こすまじなり

Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)