A red dragonfly lands, then lands again nearby - Toshikatsu Okubo
2015-9
Two paths run through the silver grass
Reading the novel 'Kaze no Bon' until dusk
Lightning flashes, closing the shutters as the temperature drops
Watching autumn butterflies in the garden while watering the plants
Lingering sluggishly, the autumn cicadas
Knowing it is autumn from the small butterflies playing in the garden
Receiving my first tiny watermelon
Wandering about, autumn sparrows one by one
On a clear morning, entrusting the harvest of the rice
Unable to sleep, having forgotten my medicine, the waning moon
Buying five peaches at the shop to take on my journey
Bush clover flowers at the tea ceremony with a view
Autumn hawks become three and fly around
Cluster amaryllis flowers being carried away by the river
Cosmos flowers swaying as they are carried away by the river
Grilling dried bonito flakes and shiitake mushrooms, then adding soy sauce
A typhoon, and the carp are being evacuated
After the typhoon, the unsold farm produce
Flowers and grasses, and man does not live by bread alone
Rescuing by helicopter on an autumn day
Helping rescue a sleepy child during the autumn flood
A long night, sleeping in exhaustion in the gymnasium
One whisker left behind on an autumn morning
Three days of nothing to look for after the typhoon passed
An autumn butterfly hopping on the riverbank
Drinking water at the shelter, feeling a chill in the air
Unable to use electricity that got wet, a starry night
On the morning of rehabilitation, the autumn butterfly has vanished
The evening paper and the trees are turning colors, mackerel sky
2015-9-16
Professor Koji Okada
A red dragonfly lands, then lands again nearby - Toshikatsu Okubo
It feels good to walk at the height where red dragonflies fly, but when you are standing still, it is also comforting to have one land nearby as if to ask, "What's wrong?" Just when I thought, "Oh, it landed near me," another one landed too. The author's sensibility, which can find such joy in the layering and continuation of encouragement from nature, is wonderful.
Seeing the pampas grass of Mount Nasu and the blue of the sky
Sitting on a rock among the ears of pampas grass to eat
Autumn deepens, tending to the agricultural produce with care
Snoring comfortably in the autumn rain
A white snake of autumn protecting its young at the Jizo statue
The mountains are clear, flowing into light and water
Choosing new soba from the vending machine on the way home
Paintings drawn with crayons and the mild autumn weather
Walking in the hospital garden under mackerel clouds
Painting a picture, the trees by the water show an autumn scene
Autumn equinox, my mother's ohagi and a cup of tea
Making lunch with simmered pumpkin
Respect for the Aged Day, I am taught by my grandchild
Dazzling, mackerel clouds over the seaside market
The first quarter moon, and the medicine is starting to work
Dragonflies flying, the color of the car is pink
The sound of the door opening, the lingering insect
An autumn mosquito aiming for the nape of my neck
The autumn sky over the forest scenery of the marshland
Lying down, the voice of autumn in the view from the window
Thinking of my mother while adding boiled chestnuts to sticky rice
Grilled saury with their heads aligned to the left
It looks like it will be clear, buying two for the harvest moon
Rabbits jumping, come flying to the total lunar eclipse
Waiting for the moon, the morning paper arrives in the mailbox
A wild boar piglet running through the mountains, chasing its mother
Caught, while the cosmos flowers sway in various colors
Walking through the village, buckwheat flowers are everywhere in white
The evening paper and the trees are both turning color, mackerel sky