Kenzaburo Tsukuda

colorful mind, beautiful life

CONTENTS

POĒTA1234567891011121314151617181920---------solitary---------last winter---------will you marry me?
---------July---------our intimate nights---------estrangement---------can’t see it---------can’t sleep---------a lost winter---------why?
---------lavender---------becoming a flower---------daydream---------last x-mas---------at dead of winter---------if you wish---------spring---------poppy---------all seasons---------because you said it

2122232425262728293031323334353637383940---------in the moonlight---------last summer---------since you lost---------moonlight dance---------can’t---------present---------hazelnuts---------forget-me-not---------daisy---------nightlight---------the southern cross---------white hibiscus---------nights---------self---------busybody---------no seasons---------like sunrise---------at your wedding---------your call---------harvestUĪTA41 ---------recapitulation42 ---------by lies43 ---------blood in snow44 ---------in mist45 ---------dried flowers46 ---------calanthe47 ---------breaking down48 ---------saw myself49 ---------daughters of the Cain50 ---------untitled51 ---------summer rain52 ---------deciduous trees53 ---------a call54 ---------virgin55 ---------lycoris radiata56 ---------surreal57 ---------a bloody rosemary58 ---------unpromising59 ---------iris60 ---------where ‘n when?

6162636465666768697071727374757677787980---------dead silence---------at the funeral---------mirror---------untouchable---------young leaves---------first love---------in a hospital---------from jail---------exception---------my cuckoo---------three herbs---------beautiful death---------fireflies---------paradox---------eclipse---------but ‘help me’---------now and again---------overbreathing---------no sign---------treetop

TEMPUS81 ---------spring82 ---------at sunset83 ---------June84 ---------not yet85 ---------a tune86 ---------again87 ---------morning88 ---------token89 ---------still life90 ---------weeding-out91 ---------as my sister92 ---------no chicken93 ---------summer nights94 ---------1st of April95 ---------water lily96 ---------bridge97 ---------the Statue of Liberty98 ---------gentianaceae99 ---------his story100 ---------real101 ---------eat or beaten102 ---------your fall103 ---------every night104 ---------out of seeds105 ---------what to say106 ---------to her107 ---------lies108 ---------oral history109 ---------and110 ---------falling stars111 ---------now real112 ---------fruit113 ---------unseen114 ---------the Stars and Stripes115 ---------as if drawn116 ---------spinoza117 ---------nay118 ---------who’d be over there?
119 ---------in the 21st century120 ---------bellFLŌS121 ---------almond122 ---------before Him123 ---------a sonnet124 ---------anemone125 ---------white roses126 ---------flos127 ---------uptight128 ---------can’t take it back129 ---------still alive130 ---------two fireflies131 ---------tulips132 ---------winter morning133 ---------like fire works134 ---------x-mas nights135 ---------to heaven136 ---------harvest137 ---------as existence138 ---------lost139 ---------advent140 ---------old leaves

141 ---------like yesterday142 ---------my jasmine143 ---------spring water144 ---------awaken from145 ---------goodbye146 ---------snow147 ---------a winter tale148 ---------death149 ---------honeymoon150 ---------iris151 ---------in a dahlia152 ---------you?
153 ---------yes, ‘time will tell’154 ---------yesterday155 ---------love me more?
156 ---------the first son157 ---------carnation158 ---------crowea159 ---------azalea160 ---------my flowerGlossary of poetry termsPOĒTAleaves of spiritsnows in past_knewburiedsolitary1sing you a songfor you’ll never see meagainlast winter2

by midnight hourwriting youa love letterwill you marry me?

3stopping bysaying ‘hi’ to my lovea flying doveJuly4

clouds in Mayshaping your faceremind me ofour intimate nights

5the wind in autumnhurt me ever,found you lostestrangement

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love you nowdon’t know howwhat a pow!
can’t see it

7the empty vasewith you this summerbecoming numbcan’t sleep

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light in a meadow,_searched forwhat you saw therea lost winter9speak a story,you told me you loved medried flowerwhy?

10_don’t know whyunable to kill myselfsince twenty-threelavender11the poeta stranger to the 21st centuryhere _ambecoming a flower12

in heavenGrandma buys me ice creambitter tastedaydream13

diamondthe hardest stoneyou never let me golast x-mas

14_groanedand cried outfor my beloved onesat dead of winter15