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Michio Mado
I Wonder Why
Sometimes I wonderwhy it is not so.
For ages and ages, for billions of years
we have been living in the sunlight
that is so clear
We have been breathing air
that is so clear
We have been drinking water
that is so clear
Why then
haven’t we and
what we do come
to some clarity?
© Translation: 1999, Takako Lento
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey, 1999
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey, 1999
I WONDER WHY
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
Publisher: The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
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I WONDER WHY
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
I Wonder Why
Sometimes I wonderwhy it is not so.
For ages and ages, for billions of years
we have been living in the sunlight
that is so clear
We have been breathing air
that is so clear
We have been drinking water
that is so clear
Why then
haven’t we and
what we do come
to some clarity?
© 1999, Takako Lento
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
From: Masters of Modern Japanese Poetry
Publisher: 1999, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, Rosemont, New Jersey
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