Michizo Tachihara > Quotes

“To early spring

Yes! Flowers will bloom again.
Birds will then sing as always,
and people will smile at one another in the spring.”
― Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

“Invitation to sleep

I'll always be singing songs for you.
Outside your darkened window, then inside;
after that in your sleep, in the depths of your dreams.
And then I'll sing song after song after song for you.”
― Michizo Tachihara

“In my heart

Say, ticklish cricket
in my heart,
although it's winter you continue
strumming your wings.”
― Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

“At noon when we part

I'll fling away my fragile heart
the way I flick unripe seed
and then tremble… tremble.”
― Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo