Dream of New Year
A Kasen Renku by
Eiko Yachimoto (eiko), Japan
Ella Rutledge (Ella), Japan
1. |
on the road again |
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2. |
greeting at an unknown gate |
(Ella) |
3. |
explosive applause |
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4. |
in a hardware store window |
(Ella) |
5. |
the rising moon |
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6. |
through the chilly air, a leaf |
(Ella) |
7. |
hunting fall colors |
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8. | during a lull in the game |
(Ella) |
9. | before we were born |
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10. | the song no longer makes sense |
(Ella) |
11. | in purple sunset |
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12. | an airbase runway repaired |
(Ella) |
13. | Was a ghost whistling? |
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14. |
rum cokes on the veranda |
(Ella) |
15. |
the gold pendulum |
(Ella) |
16. | “let’s rest on the river bank.” |
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17. | fading into white |
(Ella) |
18. | warped faces appear, disappear |
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19. | mud flat at low tide |
(Ella) |
20. | rosary of long shorelines |
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21. | deep within the woods |
(Ella) |
22. | first snow won’t stop for two nights shoji moistened tenderly |
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23. | soft glow on her lips |
(Ella) |
24. | tomorrow is the day for |
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25. | your photograph still |
(Ella) |
26. | hexagonal quartz crystals |
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27. | a perfect circle |
(Ella) |
28. | the harvest moon floating high |
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29. | tourists now depart |
(Ella) |
30. | a long entwined vine of grape |
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31. | no longer does smoke |
(Ella) |
32. | schoolgirls chant in chorus |
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33. | carrying up and down |
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34. | slowly from its chrysalis |
(Ella) |
35. | a young shadow moves |
(eiko) |
36. | the seeds have all been planted |
(Ella) |