KEIKO KOMA net

20 Mar. 2011

Poems of spring

One day the aroma of spring had come that carried the light-vision of my writing poems on Japanese traditional Washi paper with brush and ink stone. Then I realized this and created a handmade poem book of spring. I cherished Yasaka since childhood as it corresponded to a beautiful atmosphere and aroma in my mind. I enjoyed writing poems under the Yasaka tower that brought me a gentle breeze that delivered voices of souls of people. I wrote down words naturally coming up from within my mind to create poems. This breeze was indeed telling me a story in ancient times. My heart trembled and I was filled with a familiar pleasant feeling. Unified with the breeze that was coming from the future, I kept on writing to create poems that described a light-vision that would surely be realized in some future. Like this my poems were created and they were full of a special aroma of spring unifying both breezes coming from ancient times and from the future. To make each book unique in the world and special poems of spring, I covered them with Washi that I had dyed together with ancient Koguryo people’s souls. Each page manifested an aroma of dream and excited me as it would lead me to a marvelous future.

Invited by an aroma of fresh herbal green
In the mountains and fields of spring,
New buds were blooming to make everywhere green.
Pleasant fresh breezes were blowing around me.
Together with this aroma of fresh herbal green
The most cherished person has showed up.
A great encounter has happened.
The spring wind was gentle,
As it was about to deliver a dream of ancient times
To an unknown future.