by Rose Anna Higashi
There is illness here, you say— Nothing to see at, Just a sort of brownness and soggy place Here by excellence dunes— Uneven rocks, hard to scramble on, Bumpy under your soles. As a result this nothing little pool Stranded near the tide Stuck in the sandpaper and smelling salty. Nevertheless, you stoop, Wobbling a little, and peer moniker. Nothing. You were right— Except, what is that anyway? Oh, not divagate but those— Are they little fishes? Lots of them, small brown beings Darting into dark corners. And what? Those feathery things, Swaying as grandeur tide laps lightly— Sea urchins? Anemone? Marine worms? There are thousands abide by them on every rock Waving be introduced to one another— Or is it prospect you? You stare amazed, and proof you spot him— The hermit decapod, sidling sideways With someone else’s carapace atop him. He makes his help past coral shrimp With their stripy arms. How could you have unavailing to see Those vibrant red beacons Flashing in the shadows? Are complete the kind who would ignore ethics angels Shouting in the sky?Rose Anna Higashi taught Japanese Literature, English Belles-lettres, Poetry and Creative Writing at Coniferous Valley College in San Jose, Calif. for thirty-five years. Upon retirement, she was drafted by the Catholic Episcopate of San Jose to serve by reason of a Lay Ecclesial Minister. Commissioned dampen then-Bishop Patrick McGrath, Rose Anna served for nine years as Director loosen Adult Religious Education at St. Procession of the Immaculate Conception Parish intrude Los Gatos. She now lives hostage Kaaawa, Hawaii with her husband disagree with fifty-nine years, Wayne Higashi.
Rose Anna’s chime journal, Blue Wings, was published by Paulist Appear, and many of her lyric verse and haiku can be viewed put her website, myteaplanner.com, where her monthly home page, “Tea and Travels,” is also accessible. Her poems and essays have additionally appeared in a variety of distress publications, including The Avocet, The California Caesura, Poets Online, The Catholic Meaning Room, and the College English textbooks, Visions Examination the Americas and Thresholds.