hills retreat from me
arms crossed over chest
& sunsets colored golden
mercy colored
grasses in fields
sing oldtime songs
on mountains trees
old hearts remote & still
here in this time & place
I've been meat of a clam
a babe's foot stamps on
here in this time & place
surrender stubborn intimate
arms crossed walking off
YOU ARE READING
the poems of Nakahara Chūya
PoetryBorn in 1907, Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan's early modern poets. A bohemian romantic, his death at the early age of thirty, coupled with the delicacy of his imagery, have led to him being compared to the greatest...
