spring

These spring poems were sent to us by Hiroko Okawa of Japan.

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Jade

Lucent as the sound of the bell
The thin jade of the greenery
Deepening I sense
In the long lasting rain of spring

To the Cherry Blossoms

Your branches which had pointed the heavens
Like the legs of countless insects
Are now in flower attired in milkiness,
Lucent and flushed, like the bloom of young maidens.

As if the goddess of spring had taken
Her transient seat on your obsidian shoulders,
Your lustre that I'm drinking in
Will though soon vanish into the air.

Behold, her sword of gems will shine
As she blows; her ruthless winds of fire,
Making your petals fall like snow,
My blood transparent, with pleasure and fear.

O Cherry Blossoms, my mortal beloved,
Someday I'll go, when you're in bloom.

Hiroko Okawa

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