The Summer on Board 

Suddenly chased by thunderclouds.
The early summer café we fled to.

The River Thames beyond the forest,
somehow it smelled of tide.
Moist atmospheric air and 
the great old stream. 
There are no boundaries of the water.

Taps of rain on the river.
Footsteps on a graveled path.
Walking on the flow. 
Laughing with time.

Eternal adventures.
Farewells echo.
The sky in blue forever
would never be night ever. 

…

CARPE DIEM 

A heatproof glass dish fell out of the microwave, it cracked and flowered.

Happy Birthday!

I have no way of knowing who you are or when you were born, though.

The cluttered kitchen floor is a kaleidoscope spinning at the same speed as a 78 rpm record. Petticoats of coloured glass shards sparkle and dance a waltz.

Carpe diem.

Pluck the day.

…

Lying Lemons 

bear,

bear,

bear,

bear,

bear,

bear,

bear,

The belly button marks time. 

Meals inside the hunted furs.

Scent of life splashed with lemon juice. 

A momentary lie passes on the bullet train.

…

hiromi suzuki is a poet, fiction writer and artist living in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of Ms. cried – 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (Kisaragi Publishing, 2013), logbook (Hesterglock Press, 2018), INVISIBLE SCENERY (Low Frequency Press, 2018), Andante (AngelHousePress, 2019), Found Words from Olivetti (Simulacrum Press, 2020), Ephemera (Colossive Press, 2021), Isolated Life (psw gallery, 2023). Double solo exhibition with Francesco Thérès visual HAIKU | OLIVETTI poems was held in Rome, 9 ～30 September 2021.

Note: The Summer on Board, CARPE DIEM, Lying Lemons are parts of the first poetry collection Ms. cried – 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (kisaragi publishing, 2013 ISBN978-4-901850-42-1). The poems written in Japanese have been translated by hiromi suzuki, 2023.