The Astrometry of SummerI need to think like Son Rivers at all times.
He thought of the summer
solstice not
at all, but if
he did, he’d reason
it a tipping
point, like too
many tequilas
downed the night
before. So summer
suffers some passionate
hangover lasting
far beyond
the actual
experience.
And love, he'd learned,
leans likewise.
~Son Rivers 2005
A PASSING MOMENT
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This is my rather loose translation of a hokku by Ōemaru, who lived into
the first five years of the 19th century. For a moment,Autumn seen on the
hillsAt ...
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