In honor of the Japanese holiday, Foundation Day, we present this work by one of modern Japan’s most charming poets.
Japanese
1909 – 2014
Dear God,
I thank you
for letting me,
a scrawny spoon,
scoop from the ocean just once
The ocean
was beautiful
Carefully holding
this drop of
glorious sunset
I will come
to make an offering
to you
Poets Corner 