Poem: Sushi Dreams by Mark Tulin/Graceguts

My poem, Sushi Dreams, has been published for a second time on Michael Dylan Welch‘s fascinating website Gracegut. The first was at White Enso. Gracenuts has many of Mr. Welch’s published books, haiku, essays, photos–you name it. Thank you, Michael, for including me.

Graceguts.

SUSHI DREAMS
by Mark Tulin

 

 

The yellow sun

shines through

the porthole

of a tiny sushi bar

where I eat a rainbow roll

 

and imagine

wooden boats,

off the coast of Yokohama

where salmon

is freshly caught

 

I am my country,

my herbs,

my baseball heroes,

and the temples

of Kyoto

 

My people are gracious,

humble Geishas

with trailing kimonos,

dance and sing

lighthearted songs

 

As I sip my tea,

I think of Issa,

the Japanese poet

from Kashiwabara

who wrote lovely tea haiku

 

and I can see his words,

the snowflakes

blooming from the sky,

falling from the mountains

and landing on my tongue.