Tuesday, May 14, 2013

First Glimpse of Japan



Fishing boats
look alive
bobbing on the waves

but on islands
half obscured by clouds
fields
roads
towns
are too distant
to show a human face


I think of bombers
during the Pacific War
bringing death

I see mountains
green
alien
beautiful

I begin to encounter
islands of the “Divine Wind”
kamikaze
where my experiences are
yet to be

unpredictable

sacred.

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