うちなびく草の間ふかく蠢くは何ものぞ沼辺に怯む我は
what does move
in the dense
glass fluttering
in the wind?
I’m frightened at
it
by the pondside
(C)2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
一隅に咲く君子蘭 緋の装束に我が裡映し二十年
flowering in a corner
I’ve reflected
my passion in its scarlet
for twenty years
(C)2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
池の上のワインレッドの睡蓮の葉葉にうかぶる五月（さつき）の憂ひ
melancholy of May…
I leave it on the wine-red
young leaves
of water lilies floating
on a dark pond
(C)2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
山つばき冬厳しきの地にありて皐月の空に紅(くれない)ささぐ
in a region with harsh winter
dedicate
their crimson blooms toward
the early summer sky in May
(C)2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
梅雨空に十首の短歌（うた）の花が咲き心の痛み晴れて美空に
🄫Ryuuji Suwa
あらがねの土の温みに藪椿おのが季(とき)知りやうやうに咲く
now
the rich soil
warming up:
wild camellias
know their season
finally comes
and are in full
bloom
(C)2021Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
漆黒の未知の魔の風入りたるか摩擦に喘ぎ我が身の軋む
a pitch-dark
unknown evil wind must have
entered me
my body creaks
as I gasp at the friction
(C)2021Rika Inami稲美 里佳
To my Interview on Poetry Matters
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The mountains in the vicinity have become
lush and beautiful. The pink weigela hortensis, a kind of deutzias, can be seen
everywhere in the mountains. It is called "Iwashi Bana/ Sardin
Flower" here in these areas. It is so named because it blooms when sardines
are caught in abundance. It is a lovely and beautiful flower, but we cannot
offer it to the Buddhist altar because of its fishy smell. It is also said to
be a flower of bad luck, bringing bad luck into the family, and it is forbidden
to plant it in the garden. When I was a girl and had not yet heard of such a
thing, I saw the weigela hortensis in the mountains, which was so lovely that I
took it home and gave it to my neighbours, who returned it to me. It was a sad
moment in my childhood, but I have learned what the sardine flower is since
that day.
It is the flower that I can only see in the
mountains.
To my Interview on Poetry Matters
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