blue sky
linked to hell
by a smokestack
- Tsuruko Inoue
井上鶴子 青空と地獄を結ぶ煙突
@opjtx.bsky.social
@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.socialrows side by side,
columns front to back—
a single heart
- Tsuruko Inoue
井上鶴子
横列も縦列も一つ心臓
@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.socialin a clear, bright vortex,
the social climate
turns anew
- Nobuko Inoue
井上信子
明快な渦で世相は新まり
@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.socialquietly touching
that which must not be touched
- Mikasa Shizuko
三笠しず子
ひそやかに触れてはならぬものに触れ
@opjtx.bsky.socialinhaling the breath
of so many different women—a mirror
- Mikasa Shizuko
三笠しず子
いろいろな女の息を吸ふ鏡
@opjtx.bsky.social@opjtx.bsky.socialbecoming a bolt of lightning,
dashing through the clouds
- Kondo Toshiko
近藤十四子
稲妻となつて雲間を突つぱしる
@opjtx.bsky.socialthe loneliness of knowing—
reading books again today
- Kondo Toshiko
近藤十四子
知ることの寂しさ今日も本を読み
@opjtx.bsky.socialpressing God with questions
about my bottomless anguish
- Kondo Toshiko
近藤十四子
底の無い悩みを神に責めたてゝ
@opjtx.bsky.socialin the instant of an embrace,
the mask slips off
- Yoshida Shigeko
吉田茂子
抱き合つた刹那仮面をぬいでゐる
@opjtx.bsky.socialgazing intently,
the Buddha's smile comes into view
- Yoshida Shigeko
吉田茂子
ぢつと見る目路に仏陀の笑みがある
@opjtx.bsky.socialstripped of all it held,
a stand of winter trees
- Yoshida Shigeko
吉田茂子
持てるもの皆奪はれて冬木立
@opjtx.bsky.socialleaving a crane in the pond
the entire family
flees the city overnight
- Kasumi-no ASO (1893-1981)
池に鶴残して一家都落ち
@opjtx.bsky.socialchanging its mood
the clouds begin floating
toward the east
- Kasumi-no ASO (1893-1981)
気を変えて雲は東へ流れ出し
@opjtx.bsky.socialfather's walking stick
husband's wooden sword—
such are men
- Shinko TOKIZANE (1929-2007)
父のステッキ夫の木刀 男とは
@opjtx.bsky.sociali think of my cough
as my own lonely music
- Shinko TOKIZANE (1929-2007)
咳はさみしい私の音楽と思う