Fireworks at Tachikawa’s Showa Kinen Park/立川市の昭和記念公園
2018.December.25
Japan
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Sartorial Suicide (or, How to Put On a Kimono Correctly)
“Left over right,” is what she said.
“Left over right, or you are dead.”
But, I forgot what I was told
and now my lips are crisp and cold
Winter Wisteria
The Wisteria Illumination at Ashikaga Flower Park/Tochigi Prefecture
あしかがフラワーパークイルミネーション /栃木県
2018.December.17
Make No Mistake
Holey sweaters, once whole
10-year-old lipstick, once bold
Make no mistake,
what is theirs will be yours.
Fuzz covered coverlet, once clean
Faded pajamas, once teal
Ownership lasts
not much longer than life.
Costume jewelry, once bright
Family photographs, once nigh
Make no mistake,
What is yours will be theirs.
queen for a day
transfixed by transition,
though some would say death,
though some would say death,
golden snow crowns me queen
bare branches, once green, sigh
in freshly understood solitude
elusive soap (a cinquain)
mordant
silence bubbles
up in our folded throats
and peace, that elusive soap, floats
away
sundry folly 