Fifteen Poets of Modern Japan/Hatsuo Kitamura

by Hatsuo Kitamura

Hatsuo Kitamura

Rough Sea

She dips her feet in the full tide;
The moonlight falls on her fair body;
Her hair streams out.

Her hand trembles as it touches the fruit.
A chair dances.
The captain’s daughter laughs
A green laugh.

The cape is out of sight;
Seagulls fly high and low,
Following the fragrance
Of the boat.

The rain has cleared away.
The sky is blue;
The sea is blue.