men gather in harmony…

There is a peaceful little community

in a place of burned up hopes,

beside the track of dreams

                   that drifted away,

       on the edge of a village

                   where crowds pass by.

There, men gather in harmony

       to graze like sheep and fawns. 

On all the beautiful flowers

a sun comes and goes

        through the clouds in freedom.

                                                      ~Mitsui Futabako*

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*cited:

The Burning Heart

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

 

watched you without a sound

The leaves of the bush clover rustle in the wind

I, not a leaf,

watched you without a sound.

You may have thought I paid no attention.

                                                                  ~Kenrei Mon-in Ukyo No Daibu*

jamminginoldtown

*cited:

Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

Karma of past lives

I was sure I would never get lost

in the tangled roads of love,

Now I have been caught

in the karma of past lives.

                                                                               ~Kenrei Mon-in Ukyo No Daibu*

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*cited:

The Burning Heart

Trans & Ed, K Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi