Kazuko Shiraishi Poems

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1.
The Man With Fire In His Eyes

There is fire in his eyes
When he stares at me intently I become hot
A cold heart and a chilled stomach
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2.
Regarding The Future The Donkey

Regarding the future the donkey contemplates after this century
What sort of century will come then
How will the donkey's ears be useful
Will poetry be peacefully prosperous or
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3.
Gust

one day suddenly it happens
the sea calm till now stirs
the moment whitecaps rise the wind stands up
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4.
Yellow Lake

there you can fish tasteful fish
come up on the table but
the lake is yellow and doesn't show its depths
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5.
I Have Never Been Anything Like Pink

I have never been anything like pink
a child becomes a girl and finally when she heads for the dawn
there is one long road to M. from Y. a bus goes by every thirty
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6.
Little Planet

This little planet begins to have a headache
Since humans occupied it and took it out of God's hand
Green blood dries, earth's veins wither
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7.
Sea, Land, Shadow

Sea, land, shadow, Iwanuma
the tsunami tsunami came
in silence it came
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8.
Uluru

I don't know it's the beginning or the end of the world
but in Uluru there's a lizard
an ancient rock-mountain which several hundred millions of years
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