Apr
06
Takuboku Tanka #3
花散れば
先づ人さきに白の服着て家出づる
我にてありしか
When the flowers fell,
The first to put on white clothes, and go outside
was me.
Latest
Mar
18
Early Spring Tanka 2017
After months of matte gray
sky, I finally get a glimpse
of the sun's wry grin;
As welcome
Mar
11
Takuboku Tanka #2
東海の小島の磯の白砂に
われ泣きぬれて
蟹とたはむる
On this small Pacific isle’s coast
on the rocky shore’s white sand,
I’m wet
Feb
03
For Irish Blood
Background
We have so many phrases involving digging. Gandhi: "To forget how to dig the earth and tend the
3 min read
Jan
28
Kenji Miyazawa: Not beaten by rain
Translation
Piece: Not beaten by rain
Writer: Kenji Miyazawa
Not beaten by rain,
Nor beaten by wind,
Nor beaten by
1 min read
Jan
27
How to stoke a flame
Like a draft, His chilling hands slink in through the cracks of our coils,
and husks us away. No coincidence
1 min read
Jan
23
Takuboku Tanka #1
はたらけど
はたらけど猶わが生活楽にならざり
ぢっと手を見る
I work
and I work,
but life gets no better;
I look fixedly at my hands.
Jan
21
Hako Yamasaki: Help Me
Translation
Piece: Help Me
Writer: Hako Yamasaki
Learn about many kinds of things
And many kinds of people.
If you
1 min read
Jan
18
Yakozen: Tokyo Momiji
Translation
Piece: Tokyo Autumn Leaves
Writer: Pistol Takehara
Lately I'm seeing nothing but dreams of you,
and waking
3 min read
Jan
16
On Writing & The Body
Spit still gathers on the tip of my tongue when I yawn,
deciding whether it should drop off the end.
2 min read