Poem from the Japanese

By Jacob Silkstone
Pencil vs Camera no. 52 by Ben Heine
Pencil vs Camera no. 52 by Ben Heine

This sky is purposeless.
It’s a vast empty sea.
The moon is a shrunken
pear, fallen from a tree.

And when I see a star,
as I sip a cup of tea,
I’m not optimistic.
What is that star to me?

~ George Freek

George Freek is a poet/playwright living in Illinois. His poems have recently appeared in The Oklahoma Review; Symmetry Pebbles; Structo Magazine; Epiphany Magazine; and The Empirical Review. His plays have lately been produced by the Auburn (NY) Community Theatre, The Townsville Little Theatre (Australia); Middle Class American Productions; and The Napples (FL) Community Players.

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Poetry.Jan 22, 2013

Poem from the Japanese

by George Freek

By Jacob Silkstone