Uyemaruko Shizuku (1898-1992)

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akibi kokoroyoshi hitori endo o maite iru asa

pleasant autumn sun
I am sowing green peas
alone in the morning

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loneliness
clouds on mountain
grasshopper jumped from grass

~

no letters
thoughts wandering
to distant Pacific war zone

("To Brother Dick, US Soldier." )

'shizuku' means water-drop

Shizuku was held in an Relocation Camp in the USA during the war

Links:

That Damned Fence: Relocation Camp Life Through the Eyes of Japanese Alien and Japanese-American Poets By Christine Woll