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Global Renku Memorial /
Taka-no-Za
Half Kasen: Red Sakura Leaves
October 14, 2001 at Basho-an
Led by Shinku Fukuda
Translated by Eiko Yachimoto and Jesse Glass
red sakura leaves
beautify
our global renku
..........Shinku
Fukuda
a crescent moon
hangs on an old man's hut
.....Ryuseki
Takiguchi
boasting of
hand-made shot cup
this year's sake
.....Kikuyo
Sugiura
only the
neighborhood cats
don't mind
.....Edith
Muta
changing into
summer clothes
wings from my shoulders
.....Ryu
Yotsuya
ship in a bottle
misses
the South Sea
.....Shizuka
Yamamoto
the shrine
carried by women
a piece of cake
......Jesse
Glass
their eye contact
atmosphere charged 10,000 V
.....Eiko
Yachimoto
the girl
I slept with long ago
her voice at midnight
.....Jesse
Glass
the fax machine
breathes out
Shogi's Master's game record
.....Ryu
Yotsuya
at my house
chamber music of geniuses:
fans gather
.....Ryuseki
Takiguchi
bowing heads
prayer at WTC ruins
Eiko Yachimoto
winter moon rising
above mountain's edge
the earth is one world
.....Kikuyo
Sugiura
cold day-healing
smoke
of burning moxa
.....Ryu
Yotsuya
children in-line
skating
what fun!
......Edith
Muta
the bush warbler's
song
real or not?
.....Shizuka
Yamamoto
naked trees
putting on their best dress
all at once
.....Edith
Muta
my dream arcs
the first rainbow over the hill
.....Shizuka
Yamamoto
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