Shisan:
The Dolphin Circles
led by eiko yachimoto
started 14 October, 2002
completed 29 October, 2002
a sea of dew--
the Dolphin circles
past my telescope......................jrs
moonstruck, I watch
the seventh wave unfolding..........kk
syncopating with
simmering red rice
a baby breathing........................ey
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in the spider's web
a fluff of snow vibrates................jec
entwined, we knew
the jewelled mountain
for our own...............................jec/kk
mi corazón scrubbing bathrooms
for the rich...............................jrs
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spring fever
the old Ford grinds steadily
toward Mexico..........................kk
...hazy horizon
are those northbound monarchs?.ey
devastated
I write a poem:
Paul Wellstone died today...........jrs
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a copper coin flattened
by the train that passed.............kk
white lines
of an evening rain-shower
draw the board's attention.........ey
a perfect lily
placed before the Virgin.............jec
verses contributed
by
john carley
kirsty karkow
john r. snyder
eiko yachimoto
composed on The Renkujin Palace
Romaji Version:
Shisan: Iruka-za
14 Oct, 2002 - 29 Oct, 2002 led by
eiko yachimoto
tsuyu no umi(5)
..iruka no ten ni(7)
..nanchu^su(5).....John
Snyder
tsuki ni mi i rare(7)
..jitto miru nami(7) ..
.. Kirsty Kawkow
midorigo to(5)
..gohan futsufutsu(7) ..iki
o shite(5) .. ..Eiko
Yachimoto
funwari furue(7)
..kumo no su no yuki(7)
.. ..John Carley
maguau futari(7)
..ho^seki no yama(7) ..shirimashita(7)
.. ..JC
yatoware migaku(7)
..hitono basutabu(7) ..
..JS
haru no netsu(5)
..fo^do gata pishi(7) ..Mexico
e(5) .. ..KK
mona^ku cho^ ka(7)
..chihei kasumeri(7) ..
..EY
Paul* shisu(5)
..waga kokoro sake(7) ..shi
o kizamu(5) .. ..JS
ressha tu^ka shi(7)
..re^ru no do^ka(7) ..
..KK
kaigibito(5)
..mado no haku-u ni(7)
..ki o torare(5) ..
..EY
mimae ni kaoru(7)
..junketsu no yuri(7) ..
..JC
* excerpt
from John Snyder's note on 'Paul' who died in a plane-crash in Minnesota:
Paul Wellstone was one of the few people left in American government who
consistently placed conscience and ethics above short-term political gain. He
was a scholar, a man of peace, a man of conscience, a man of the people.
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http://www.villarana.freeserve.co.uk/palace/dolphin%20text.htm
