The water-birds too
are fast asleep upon the
Great Lakes of the North.
Looking carefully,
one finds shepherd’s purse on a
Vancouver sidewalk.
The sound of water
alerts a weasel to ducks
upon the old pond.
Ibe Ware Desu LC is a poet living on the West Coast
There’s beauty in the ordinary things like challenges and joys each season brings, the world of work and school,...
translated by Alan Steinle. Introduction and translation copyright ©2020 by Alan Steinle. Skip Introduction and go to poem. Introduction...
Thanks Margaret. I enjoy how you tie poems together!
I love this poem, Paul, because of how well it describes and explains one of the most uniquely beautiful places…
Joe, I love your interpretation - as far as I'm concerned" a gold-digging young gigolo who attaches himself to a…
Urszula, what an imaginative limerick! That is something Poe might have done! Sorry to be so late seeing this.
Agreed, Urszula! Thank you for commenting.
