Monthly Archives: May 2008

Typhoon Season

The wind rips the Rock like a saw through timber. Rain forms in broad sheets carried on great gales. In Okinawa cyclone blown, racked but limber. Prepare, batten down hatches and trim the sails. The sun has gone missing, swallowed … Continue reading

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Cave of the Virgins

This is a poem about a sacred place in southern Okinawa called "Himeyuri No To" (Cave of the Virgins). My poem details what happened there and explains why it is a sacred place. A memorium of mourning after the last … Continue reading

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