this winter mist . . .
like Penelope I weave
and unweave
a shroud of words
to ward off loneliness
"Myths and the Creative Imagination," Atals Poetica, 2015
One Man's Maple Moon: Beast and Cherry Blossoms Tanka by Fumi Saito
-
*English Original*
long dead
the bones of a beast
decaying tonight
I am nearly choked
as cherry blossoms are falling
*White Letter Poems*, 1998
Fumi Saito...