The Dolphin Circles

Shisan Renku - The Dophin Circles

a sea of dew --
the Dophin circles
past my telescope…………… jrs

moonstruck, I watch
the seventh wave unfolding…………… kk

syncoating with
simmering red rice
a baby breathing…………… ey

in the spider's web
a fluff of snow vibrates…………… jec

entiwined, we knew
the jewelled mountain
for our own…………………… jec

mi corazón scrubbing bathrooms
for the rich……………………… jrs

spring fever
the old Ford grinds steadily
toward Mexico…………… kk

...hazy horizon
are those northbound monarchs?……………ey

devastated
I write a poem:
Paul Wellstone died today…………… jrs

a copper coined flattened
by the train that passed…………… kk

white lines
of an evening rain-shower
draw the board's attention…………… ey

a perfect lily
place before the Virgin…………… jec

Renjyu: John Carley, Kirsty Karkow, John R. Snyder

Sabaki: Eiko Yachimoto

14^th - 19^th October 2002 - The Renkujin Palace