in the field
waiting for God
a daylily
amidst bushes is in bloom
curving stripes… be strong
Poet of the Fifth Dimension, Rika Inami's Blog. Her inner space is expressed in tanka , photographs and daily life. She loves her home land, Akita, the Land of Poetry and mainly she compose tanka on nature. 五次元歌人 稲美里佳の内面世界が短歌や写真、そして日常生活を通して描かれています。詩の国 秋田に在住し主として自然詠を詠っています。
文月の朱色にもゆる望月は鎖のごとく鉄塔うつす
July’s full moon
reflects the power tower
in vermillion
like a chain binding them
never to be separated
🄫2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
暫くは魔界の闇にとらはれむ贖ふべきの我が罪故か
for my original sin
to be expiated …
for a while
I may have been caught
in the darkness of hell
🄫2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
意味無意味 渦中にあるの苦を問はれ 縁(えにし)のあやの義をおもはずや
is it meaningful or not?
being asked about my suffering
amid the case
don’t I think of justice of karma
yes, I do
🄫2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
lotus root
in the soft mud
your green leaves
reaching out to sun
my praying hands
raven...
the dark shadow
covers a nest
a mother
always remember
wind chimes
in the soft breeze
reminding me
sweet kisses
we share
small pond
moon face
all wrinkled
my summer dress
dry in the breeze
rice fields —
heavy stalks bowing
to the road dust
raindrops falling
on your chest
a Milky way
fireflies in night sky
moon slowly dipping
in the river
we flow
along the pond
white lilies
emerging
above the water
I'm taking a breath
upcoming storm
a scent of the raindrops
the flowery ring
you place on my head
a kiss
(C) Laughing waters USA
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水霊は涼風よぶかぎらぎらと緑光(て)る樹々にはか爽やぐ
the water spirit
calling for a cool breeze--
trees’ leaves
with the glistening sun
suddenly sway
🄫2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
真澄鏡 清みしそこひに我を見む魂かへるボツメキの水
Mirror of Truth --
see me as I am
in the limpid water
Botsumeki Spring
where the spirit returns
🄫2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
炎天のこころぐき日に思ひ出づるボツメキの水 鈴鳴るごとし
in the blazing sun--
my mind is out of breath
I think of
Botsumeki Spring
like a bell ringing
🄫2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
みめぐみの神の泉か八塩山ふところ深く雪を解かしむ
with a blessing --
is it a miraculous spring
given by God?
in the deep heart of Mt. Yashio
piled-snow melts into water
🄫2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
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