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| Image / Johannes Plenio |
LIGHT, LIGHT, AND MORE LIGHT
How clean, how pure the moon and stars are,
Shining against the darkness,
Glimmering on the ocean
And gently moving the clouds away
When the wind tries to obscure their lovely light.
On the land, they illuminate the harvesters deep into the night,
And on the sea, they are always with us,
Guiding the tides,
Leading the wayfarers
Who sail after sunset in their outriggers
From island to island through the tranquil black waves,
And gleaming even to the sacred sea’s deep bottom
Where the octopus sleeps safe in the dim rooms of the coral world.
The sun too, daytime’s glory, golden and warm,
Does her holy work, feeding the sparrows with seeds,
Raising the tall yellow corn from the deep, generous dirt
And the rice from the clean green waters.
How perfectly the stars, the moon and the healing sun
Have cared for us since the first breath of the pines,
Since the first dove flew over the life-giving waters,
Since the first human lifted her arms in gratitude to the kind sky.
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| Rose Anna Higashi |
Rose Anna Higashi is a retired professor of English Literature, Japanese Literature, and Poetry who lives in Honolulu with her husband, Wayne. She writes a haiku every day and publishes a monthly blog, “Tea and Travels” on her website, myteaplanner.com. Her poems appear in a variety of online and print media, including Poets Online, whose editors nominated her for the Pushcart Prize. Kelsay Books is scheduled to publish her third volume of poetry, Searching in Circles, in 2025.
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