Thank you for posting Jane Mead’s poem — her work continues to give. I believe Ishigaki Rin’s poem references Banzai Cliff on Saipan, north of Guam. Hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped to their deaths to avoid American capture at the end of WWII. I’ve seen film footage — horrific.
The melodic cadence and truth in the Jane Mead is attractive to me. The Ishigaki Rin crushes me, deeply touches me, takes me to those cliffs, that horror.
Thank you for posting Jane Mead’s poem — her work continues to give. I believe Ishigaki Rin’s poem references Banzai Cliff on Saipan, north of Guam. Hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped to their deaths to avoid American capture at the end of WWII. I’ve seen film footage — horrific.
All good. Nothing like Wallace Stevens.
The melodic cadence and truth in the Jane Mead is attractive to me. The Ishigaki Rin crushes me, deeply touches me, takes me to those cliffs, that horror.