Haiku by Yuko Hirota
the Earth
not everyone aware
of its generosity
thinking nothing
in the twitter
of sparrows
the Earth
no living things without enjoying
its energy
bullfrogs croak
the full moon on the pond
undulating
the Earth
no lovers with its reflection
in their eyes
fireflies…
and zero gravity
after an embrace
the Earth
no ordinary people
feeling its rotation
autumn skies
barely blow
my blues away
Earth’s penumbra
with Uranus occulted
for the first time in some 400 years
blood moon
dark water-weeds
in rows
Brief Introduction:
I have lived in Osaka since I was born and teach teenagers English at home.
When I was a young girl, I would often tell myself to stop worrying about things like personal relationships, school
performance, and appearances. I tried to persuade myself that my troubles were trifles, although they were painful enough those days,
since I was as tiny as a dot on the Earth in infinite space.
The Earth is still too enormous for me to write about, so I also wrote about something close to me to mirror it in my small world.
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