谷地元瑛子捌き国際追善連句、「月と和解す」の巻   ホーム
    ・追善英語歌仙 Peace with the Moon  ---a memorial kasen for John Carley---
Peace with the Moon
renju:
Carole, Paul, Sheila, Eiko, Norman, 
Sosui, Chris, Sprite, Carmen, William,  
sabaki:
eiko yachimoto
 
sitting by the fire
I make peace with the moon
softly, softly, night John Carley
 
pen to parchment
behind frosted windows Carole MacRury 
 
the lads strip off
and jump into a pool
of hot spring water Paul Conneally
 
a shell far inland
holds the song of the sea Sheila Windsor
 
a subtle crescendo,
the waves of new green
show the path of winds Eiko Yachimoto
 
at the fête, the mayor’s wife
wins all the prizes Norman Darlington
     
***                      ***                     ***
 
at sunrise
an airplane on the runway
about to take off Sosui Yuasa
 
fifty miles from noon
in a dark volcanic cloud Chris Drake
 
dad’s sooted soul
and no proper time to say
all our good-byes Sprite (Claire Chatelet) 
 
smiling eyes of my next door 
neighbour’s teacup puppy  Carmen Sterba 
 
in flagrante
the teacher’s wistful gaze
gently chided William Sorlien 
 
bright stars and moonbeams
caught in your hair Paul 
 
the tangled dreams 
of an old goose unable
to rejoin the flock Carole
 
with a bottle in his hand
Kikaku reels in autumn chill  Sosui
 
high above the craggy
valley floor, a floating bridge
takes form Norman
 
the tollkeeper says
you can pay me tomorrow Paul
 
penny, petal, pearl or pain
who’s picking a daisy
in the blossom rain Eiko
 
a black butterfly lands
again in her basket Chris
     
***                      ***                     ***
 
while we slept
prayer flags whispered,
breath of passing spring Sheila
 
the Sylheti alphabet
deep in the mirror Sprite
 
evening lull
wild irises punctuate
the rice paddies Carmen
 
baby girl’s giggle
for her first firefly William
 
a bobbin-winder
for my pa
I’ll be afore I’m ten! Norman
 
the twists and turns
of the Cresta Run Paul
 
picking up bits and
pieces, seeing crowds in
unheard-of relationships Chris
 
matchmaker, matchmaker
what have you wrought? Carole
 
old wife’s warm grin
pushes an old grocer to
his horse race holiday Eiko
 
an orchard of ripe apples
fragrant with dew Sheila
 
pulled by the moon
a low hum rises from
white brushed fields Sprite
 
before the loud cry of
battle, a withered mountain William
     
***                      ***                     ***
 
three veterans
huddle as they fish
in a cove Carmen
 
Moby Dick, where are you
when we need you? Chris 
 
a cube of cheese
and a pickled onion
on a cocktail stick Paul 
 
heat shimmer, from each side
we call and wave Sheila
 
Yoshino Blossoms
surely, our friend will return
to sit down with us Sosui
 
from a makeshift hut, woodsmoke
mingling with the haze Norman
 
                         ~*~*~*~


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