silent wake up call

 

 

 

寝袋に　降る霜ひかる　夜明けかな

(nebukuroni furushimohikaru yoakekana)

 

 

the frost on the sleeping bag

is glittering

at dawn

 

 -Kenichi Tashiro

 

 

 

discourse on pollination

 

 

 

雨上がり　働きバチの　ペリパトス

(Ameagari hatarakibachino peripatosu)

 

 

After the rain,

the Peripatos

of worker bees 

-Kenichi Tashiro

calibrated by the ephemeral

 

 

 

こゆるぎの　雲にとけこむ　梅の花

 

(Koyurugino kumonitokekomu umenohana)

 

 

Ume blossoms

blend into the cloud

above old Odawara

 

 

-Kenichi Tashiro

日々是好日

 

 

May the Oxytocin be with you, always.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckk5PZ1ZSck

 

 

 

 

二つの世界 一つの世

デ・キリコの　消失点と　見つめあい

(dekirikono shoushitutennto mitsumeai)



Staring at each other
with the vanishing points
of de Chirico


-Kenichi Tashiro

from above the canopy of bonsai

虫食いて　緑は侘びと　寂びの園

(mushikuite midorihawabito sabinosono)


the bug eaten leaves,
a cluster of
wabi and sabi


-Kenichi Tashiro

The Extinct Canine Blues

遠吠えを　今宵も探す　月明かり

(tooboewo koyoimosagasu tsukiakari)



Tonight again
the moonlight is searching
for a howling


-Kenichi Tashiro







遠吠えを　探す哀れな　月明かり

(tooboewo sagasuawarena tsukiakari)



The sad moonlight
is searching
for a howling


-Kenichi Tashiro