Sadayo Takizawa
Powys, UK
Sadayo TakizawaPowys, UK |
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Both Haiku and Tanka are traditional short forms of Japanese poetry, which started a half millennium ago in the former, and a millennium ago in the latter. Yet both are still very popular among Japanese people including the young's, especially in Tanka because it's a freer form than Haiku. Today Tanka has been fundamentally modernized not only in the form but also in the style of expressions, whereas Haiku's has changed little. In my English Haiku and Tanka, I tried not to destroy the original rhythms too much. Sadayo Takizawa, born in Saitama, Japan, 1948. |
Out of Matter'Just a love', do you say?There are things much more important than love. You say? Blazing in a flame, you've taken off into the world. wonderful jump! Leaving me behind. Are you happy? What's the point to ask? You'd answer, 'we weren't seeking for our happiness. It's out of matter'. | A Block of StoneOn a mountain peakcloud comes out, flows away. Do you still remember the scenery of so many thousands years ago? Sea in its back stone still stands solid, stacked on the Earth. Everything has own season, says one. Does a stone have a season, too? A block of granite doesn't answer, Winter field | AutumnKot kot kot,Seagull knocks Morning window. Picking words One by one Night falls Stone Stands still Telling nothing. Scarecrow, Standing in a field Laughing at! Rainbow Running closer Running away | WinterGrave stoneWearing a rosary Christmas! Camellia white Blossoming in a corner Fisherman's church Orion hangs Over La Pulente, Saturday night! Colour purple Dream burning, February's sea. Sea emerald St. Brelard, Abaroni's bay | SpringCherry cakesWith my friends Doll's Day. Cherry blossoms In the sky, White moon To be a girl At least today. Third of March. St. Auban Miles long, Tedious march Just a bird Top of the tower University campus. |