4 Tankas 020316

Wrote these 2 days ago.
I've been appreciating medieval Japanese Tankas lately, in books given to me last Xmas. I'm still in the "Spring" section" (ancient Japanese always organized their collections by season, starting with the lunar New Year), which is when they went mental for Cherry blossoms. Hence the influence.
I could talk Tankas all day.

4 Tankas 020316

To see boughs blossom

Reminds me of your bosom

And lips I left home,

To know you are not here makes

The Spring Sun so cold and bare

　

Under the Moonlit Sky

White blossoms mock your wedding

Dress, hung on a rack

Without you in it, the Moon

Sees us both, and laughs, and cries

　

Here Spring blossoms bloom

So bold, their aroma floats

As a mist blown East,

I lay my kiss upon
It's cloud, so you may catch it　

 

 

 

White fruit tree petals

On Main street, the wind throws you

Careless in the road,
Makes you hustle back and forth
Like Rat Race Men who are numb