Tuesday Poem

Over at the Tuesday Poetry hub this week, you’ll find ‘Untitled’ by Ema Saikō. 

This week’s hub editor is Janis Freegard, and she shares a little background about her interest in this poet:

  

I developed an interest in the poetry of nineteenth century Japanese writer and artist Ema Saikō after hearing I’d received the Ema Saikō poetry fellowship at New Pacific Studio in the Wairarapa. To me, this poem contains many aspects typical of her writing: observations of daily life, an appreciation of the natural world and the joys of sake! And I keep coming back to her idea that “planting flowers and not loving them is like not planting them”.

Read more here, and see all the Tuesday Poem posts on the sidebar at the site. Poets from NZ and around  the world sharing poetry every week.