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  WHCvanguard - Hiroshima Day 2001

 

 

Shadow 
a half-kasen  in memory of Hiroshima  


(this renku was composed 7 summers ago by AIR members and Friends, JP)

 



the touch......of long shadow hands......toddler's laugh...
/kris

  ..........unwinding by a spring......a soldier demobilized..
./eiko

into yellow.....melons ripen....and not even a wind...
/ai

 ...........brand new shoes      perfect fit...
/ichiyo

if I could waltz......with a doe...in the forest...
/shinku

 ...........a princess presides.....inviting full moon...
/kikuko

toast!.....to  a large catch...........of mackerel pike...
/tateshi

............towards an island of glass.....two on a gondola...
/hiromi

disallowed......yet throbbing blood.......dyes his ears...
/mami

............against the wall.......tearing the photo into pieces..
./kayoko

on the earth.....after everyone departs......trace of a circle...
/kristen

............supreme leader falls........nations  wait...
/bruce

cold moon.....on the mountain track.........of refugees...
/robert

............."close the aeroplane blinds,.....it's movie time'...
/tim

easy........just chip off.....what you do not want..
./guy

............pitching machine hums.......spring training..
./kris

bee sleeps......on the blossoms......gardener approaches...
/karl

............clouds return to the heaven.....Easter day..
./eiko

 

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