Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Not Here


2 Poems by Shimpei Kusano

ASKING MYSELF/ ANSWERING MYSELF

un un. un un.
un un.

mm mm. mm mm.
mm.

ah. ah. ah ah.
ah.

(shut up.)

(can't say a word.)



THE MOON

walking I was.
trampling fallen leaves.

moon rose.

and I.
turned into the street.

and again.
turn into a path.


(from ASKING MYSELF ANSWERING MYSELF, translated by Cid Corman, New Directions, 1984)

No comments: