young forever…tanka

the raging hormones

the heart beating away madly

long sleepless nights

………………

wish the excitement never faded

wish i was young forever

Carpe Diem Tanka …Departing Geese

http://chevrefeuillestankashrine.blogspot.in/2015/02/carpe-diem-tanka-shrine-2.html

as they leave to another land

the departing geese 

fluttering their wings

only to return again

heart is where the home is

Lonely and Alone.(Tanka)

Sansan to/ sosogu asahi no/fuzukue ni/ nokosu mikan no/ uta zo samishiki

How lonely I would be
left behind on my desk
an unfinished poem
in the glorious morning sun  

© Fuyuko Tomita

(Note that the Japanese version is in five lines – but – as she explained to Chèvrefeuille in a separate post– the English version is slightly different.  She is translating her poem so as to keep the spirit of the original, more so than the structure of the original.)

 

Here is mine….

unfinished poetry

like unsatiated hunger

a long night of misery

………

lonely and alone till dawn

the sun bringing hope

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.in/2015/02/carpe-diem-special-133-fuyuko-tomitas.html