梅雨時 Tsuyudoki
Rainy Season


In the dark month
before summer
on the oldest
bridge in Japan
and under me
so swift
these fish swim
on our hooks
as soldiers might
upon their swords.
What if these lines
should fall into
the river then?
What sort of poem
would the cold
stones finish?

KK

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poetry by Christopher (Kit) Kelen and Steven Schroeder | images by Kit Kelen