Poem
Michio Mado
Distant Place
In the eveningI look up at the sky
over the eaves
along with mosquitoes,
stars
hang
in the spider web
ah
in such a distant place where
stars can be mixed
with mosquitoes
we live
cohabiting with
mosquitoes
spiders
and other
countless
living things
© Translation: 1999, Takako Lento
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey, 1999
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey, 1999
DISTANT PLACE
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
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Distant Place
In the eveningI look up at the sky
over the eaves
along with mosquitoes,
stars
hang
in the spider web
ah
in such a distant place where
stars can be mixed
with mosquitoes
we live
cohabiting with
mosquitoes
spiders
and other
countless
living things
© 1999, Takako Lento
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
Distant Place
In the eveningI look up at the sky
over the eaves
along with mosquitoes,
stars
hang
in the spider web
ah
in such a distant place where
stars can be mixed
with mosquitoes
we live
cohabiting with
mosquitoes
spiders
and other
countless
living things
© 1999, Takako Lento
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
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