How about GloPoWriMo 2025?
A portrait of Kaneko Misuzu
It must be those eyes,
like dark coals
staring into the echoes,
a certain fleeting sadness,
as if she can see
into the future
her later unfortunate life,
that draws me
to the portrait.
"We're all different, and that's just fine"
01/04/2025
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The early-bird prompt at napowrimo.net was to write a portrait poem. I wrote it on the first day of NaPoWriMo, but other urgent things took over and I have to post it on the 2nd.
Kaneko Misuzu (1903 -1930) was a Japanese poet known for her poetry for children. She was celebrated during her lifetime, but her works fell into obscurity after her death.
I may like to compare her life with that of Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), the inventor of the cinquain. Both were ardently pursuing their art during their brief lives, but their popularity waned after their deaths. Fortunately for us, their poetry were not lost.
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2025
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