Seiki Ifuku
Near my home there is a pond. Oak trees grow there and a vineyard. Tall cattails
surround the waters and here and there water lilies bloom.

Summer time in the Sierra foothills is very warm. The grasses become straw, and
the dust of the red earth is very fine.

At sundown, the red sun is seen through the trees on the hill. Below the surface,
the water of the pond is cool. The sky is big and clouds are few. Near the water
can be heard, the sound of dragonflies.

your world, too,
is near the earth--
side-flying dragonfly
"greenness" by Ryo Suzuki

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