III 27 poems

Still Life

The internal world — site of subjective overflow and sensual reflection, colored by intuition, affect, and sometimes hallucination. Narrated by a mirror image of the self, telling stories about self and other worlds.

  1. 01 Dusk Like tiny fine droplets, The breeze lifts delicate gauze at bedside, A blue light enters, tinged with pink and orange hues.
  2. 02 Tourist In time, a high wall rises, a fortress is built, Only to resist the erosion of time, the invasion of memories, Until opening that door weathered by wind, looking inside, There is nothing, no people or
  3. 03 Sleeping In You lean against the train's side wall, Sinking deep into slumber, Glasses perched upon your face.
  4. 04 Roaring Roaring, sneezing, sobbing.
  5. 05 Iron Nails The neighborhood, digital elevators emerging from the ground, Trees jutting at angles, green palms nestled between buildings, Crevices overflowing with moss and unnamed grasses.
  6. 06 Urban Monologue Like flowers on a balcony, I gaze at the wall.
  7. 07 Just A Sign They say, I'm nothing special.
  8. 08 Thermos Although I cannot merge into your world, I stand on the table, My hard metal interior encased in the exterior, in white.
  9. 09 Winter Pink, slowly tears the frosted winter free, Sugar-coated season begins to slip away.
  10. 10 Snowy County Sunlight glides across the rooftop.
  11. 11 After Snow I cannot say, as snow fell.
  12. 12 Green Tea Not until the end of the fourteenth chapter, Did I finally break free from my ruminating thoughts, And hear the conversations around me.
  13. 13 Afternoon Nap After lunch, at Tabetomo in New York, A draft of Sapporo, a large serving of ramen.
  14. 14 Boring Clouds The train rushes past a curtain of trees, A house appears, then vanishes in seconds.
  15. 15 Platform Midnight blue, Peter River, lightest and mair; Moon blurs softly, impressions, beyond aware.
  16. 16 Coin I want to sing a song without wind, In the moment when the coin is tossed, Consciousness slips past sunlight and smile, I gaze upon your face, Until flowers bloom in the sea, the trend.
  17. 17 Stone Frog Under the cherry blossoms, Two stone frogs, Some say they're golden toads.
  18. 18 Yellow Random ink, one night, fills the sky.
  19. 19 Early Spring I arrived at the era, to be displayed.
  20. 20 Washing At five, I get up from the boat, washing; Seven, washing, waking up, washing.
  21. 21 Third Three I pull up winter, from bed, The air conditioner walks beyond quilts.
  22. 22 Black Paint From birth, we have been wearing it, Protecting our souls, immortal yet unfading.
  23. 23 Night Light I close the door, turn on the night light.
  24. 24 Ghost Upon the prairie, here, zebras bend and tear, Their breast, born from light, common and ordinary.
  25. 25 Photo Many people walk down, over the sake of my head, On the white wall ahead, I see smiling faces with urban minds.
  26. 26 Feather I look at myself in the mirror, Teardrops sliding down my cheeks.
  27. 27 Breathe Away Sunlight enters his home, wait, Life after snow, with sparrows, start, Iron wire leaps from cars to trees, Dead woods became birds, To fly, suddenly free.