Selected Poems
Complicated Tea
Complicated tea
複雑な茶
After the date
talking at the dewy path
about to part ways.
Asks to come up for
coffee recalls liking tea
saying more than this.
Hallway holds poems
scrolls of painted rabbits
echoing the moon
Inside the kitchen
ceremony begins with
precise movements.
Nervous searching
the cupboards and tea tins
among drawers distracted.
Spoons and stirrers
Pots and kettles, decaf
Miik or lemon
Banging all about
service with perfection
making tea means more.
Implications of tea
invitation to relationship
cup of complication
What is prepared is
gladly received with
honor of hospitality.
Sit and relax
be her chosen guest
wanting to be here.
Hand in hand
each meeting is a treasure
not to pass again.
複雑な茶
After the date
talking at the dewy path
about to part ways.
Asks to come up for
coffee recalls liking tea
saying more than this.
Hallway holds poems
scrolls of painted rabbits
echoing the moon
Inside the kitchen
ceremony begins with
precise movements.
Nervous searching
the cupboards and tea tins
among drawers distracted.
Spoons and stirrers
Pots and kettles, decaf
Miik or lemon
Banging all about
service with perfection
making tea means more.
Implications of tea
invitation to relationship
cup of complication
What is prepared is
gladly received with
honor of hospitality.
Sit and relax
be her chosen guest
wanting to be here.
Hand in hand
each meeting is a treasure
not to pass again.
