Friday, April 21, 2023

Life Poem 11

Paiseje, 

Vermeer, Wordsworth

japonês,  

Suijin (水神, the water god) 

Goya

gaijin

that's me

between the sumi-tsubo 墨壷, 

kusu くす, and gyo ぎょ

between

極楽 (Gokuraku)ごくらく

and

じごく (Jigoku)

in hot

水, みず

It's me. 

See?

A menina à janela, o lobo à porta

ou

o peixe pescado a chorar  

mais vida

mais vida

 

at the margins of a landscape

by Vermeer

appear William and Dorothy

reading Sujiin, here

next to Goya

the foreigner

that's me

see the plumbline, ink smell,

tell the doctor, the medicine

is a poem, the song is a fish

the fish caught in tears  

wishing for

more life

more life  

 







From Old Japanese. Cognate with the kusu root of adjective 奇し (kusushi, mystical)[1], from the way that drugs and medicines would have mystical effects.

Pronunciation IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Noun  (くす) (kusuA medicine or drug.