the scent
of rambling roses …
can one wife
and a 9-to-5 job
contain my wildness?
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
はびこっているバラの
香り...
妻と
9時から5時までの仕事が
私の狂乱を抑えることができるだろうか
Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019
A Room of My Own: Wooden Jesus Tanka
-
slanted sunlight
reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross
I close my eyes
... yet nothing whatever emerges
in my mind or my heart
FYI: This tanka could be read as...