THE MUDDIED SUN Poem by Shoichiro Iwakiri

Frothing grape seeds corrode the moon.
A reddish blue twilight spreads through the breath that
carries words,
transports a single spring, a single sea
to the glory of oblivion.
Then an angel arrives to place flowers
on a table in the darkness of my mind
where I ponder and yearn, and
quiet winter infuses fragrance into my dream.
I hear in the wind the rain the dead hear,
soaking thoughts and grasses, moistening the muddied Sun.