teaism

a moral attribute on a silent night when rats are afar








a moral attribute on a silent night

when rats are afar

 

 

 

 

 

as some fain would regroup

themselves to

shun western civilization

to humbly ascertain

a supreme level

of sophistication

 

or refinement

 

 

as both shared a value

called garden paths

and farm tracks

only to boastfully

till them in the

zone

 

 

a no-go

indeed








In That Japanese Town Again

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Reedited 10.25.2022:

 

1.  Replaced the word Conservancy with its more appropriate word designation for what I was thinking about by the time of its inception (I was mistaken at the proper word usage to mean the preservation of Japan's traditional buildings or architectures or, definitely, its own heritage reflected in many of its natural landscapes, notwithstanding its built environment (rojis, satoyama, Takayama City, et al).

 

2.  Reedited form, despite being a free-verse form, just to make one long line to not stand out

awkwardly from the seemingly uniformly ordered poem.