Poem
Masayo Koike
Men
The Kaneko Gym on the Odakyû Railway Line isA small
Boxing gym
At night
From inside the train
I can see people training in the Kaneko Gym
Young men boxing
Within the black night
Blossom-Pink muscles
Like cherry blossoms sweating silently
Boxing, in their movements
A stray memory comes to mind
A memory I seem to have had
Can’t say for certain
‘Kaneko Gym, new boxers welcome’
This is
Always
Read silently
By those with heavy sodden hearts
They
All
Open the dark door
And
One after
Another
Have gathered
There
© Translation: 2006, Leith Morton
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2006
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2006
男たち
男たち
小田急線沿いにある金子ジムは小さな
ボクシングジムである
夜
電車のなかから
金子ジムの練習風景が見える
若い男が闘っている
暗い夜のなかで
桜色の筋肉が
黙って花のような汗をかいている
闘う、というその姿勢に
私は何かを思い出しそうになり
思い出しそうになって
ついにわからない
「金子ジム、練習生募集」
それは
いつも
重く滴った心だけに
黙読される文字
かれら
みな
暗い戸を押し
ひとり
ひとり
この場所に
集まってきた
© 2001, Masayo Koike
From: Ameotoko, Yamaotoko, Mame o hiku otoko
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
From: Ameotoko, Yamaotoko, Mame o hiku otoko
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
Poems
Poems of Masayo Koike
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Men
The Kaneko Gym on the Odakyû Railway Line isA small
Boxing gym
At night
From inside the train
I can see people training in the Kaneko Gym
Young men boxing
Within the black night
Blossom-Pink muscles
Like cherry blossoms sweating silently
Boxing, in their movements
A stray memory comes to mind
A memory I seem to have had
Can’t say for certain
‘Kaneko Gym, new boxers welcome’
This is
Always
Read silently
By those with heavy sodden hearts
They
All
Open the dark door
And
One after
Another
Have gathered
There
© 2006, Leith Morton
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: 2006, Vagabond Press, Sydney
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: 2006, Vagabond Press, Sydney
Men
The Kaneko Gym on the Odakyû Railway Line isA small
Boxing gym
At night
From inside the train
I can see people training in the Kaneko Gym
Young men boxing
Within the black night
Blossom-Pink muscles
Like cherry blossoms sweating silently
Boxing, in their movements
A stray memory comes to mind
A memory I seem to have had
Can’t say for certain
‘Kaneko Gym, new boxers welcome’
This is
Always
Read silently
By those with heavy sodden hearts
They
All
Open the dark door
And
One after
Another
Have gathered
There
© 2006, Leith Morton
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: 2006, Vagabond Press, Sydney
From: Masayo Koike: Selected Poems
Publisher: 2006, Vagabond Press, Sydney
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