Chimako Tada Biography
Chimako Tada (多田智満子 Tada Chimako?, April 1, 1930 – January 23, 2003) was a Japanese poet renowned for her surreal style and evocation of women's experience in post-war Japan. She authored more than 15 books of Japanese poetry, and also translated prose and poetry from French. Tada wrote in traditional styles, such as tanka and haiku, as well as contemporary prose poetry.
the round spoon
with the curvature
of a concave mirror
scoops out my eye
...
the hot water in
the abandoned kettle
slowly cools
still carrying the resentment
...
one narcissus
draws close to another
like the only
...
I listen to songs
of someone handsome
at the apex of night
the Milky Way overflows
...
there is a hole at
the end of night
a secret
surrounded by red
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