Book of Flower - Mariko Sumikura

Author: Mariko Sumikura *

Title: Book of Flower

Possession 

Thorn of rose
Stuck me deeply
It is hard to remove
Even the pain
Turns to joy of possession 

Red Roses 

A brave militant
Lost his life
In a revolution
A bouquet was
Dedicated on the statue 

Safe House 

Spring evening
Storm is coming
Tulip folds all petals
To hive a bee
Until the morning 

Rumi 

Curved
White petals
Spin
And spin
Endlessly

 * Biography:

Mariko Sumikura is a well-known Japanese poetess. She lives in Kyoto. Sumikura working as “Chair of directors board” of Japan Universal Poets Association. Also she is Chief editor of English-Japanese bilingual e-journal “Poetic Bridge-Ama-Hashi”. Privately she brought 5 books since 2006-2011. Those books are written in English and Japanese. Since 2011-2013, she translated 10 books. Among them, “Uttering Her Name” by Gabriel Rosenstock, Japanese Name is “Mina wo Tonaete” was awarded by Irish Literature Exchange Foundation in 2012. Sumikura was invited and participated twice with Struga Poetry Evenings (Macedonia) in 2010 and Jan Smrek International Literature Festival (Slovakia) in 2011.