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Hiroshi Kawasaki

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A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.

A LEADEN FENCE

Hiroshi Kawasaki

(Japan, 1930 - 2004)

Born in Tokyo, Hiroshi Kawasaki published countless numbers of poems, essays, stories, radio plays and documentaries over the half a century until his death in 2004. His poems are usually plain, unpretentious narratives, and echo his longing for nature, especially the sea, and for living in harmony with nature. His essays, on the other hand, explore the richness of the contemporary Japanese lan...

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A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.

A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.