Poem, TOKYO
Feb 16, 2024
Ponta
by Misei Akegata
tr. Yumiko Koizumi
Behind the bushes
A black streak creeps
Low
And horizontally
Over the ground at sunrise
Round shapes filled with tasty intestines
Running over the chilly fields of
Siberia and Junggar Basin
You are descendants of
Brave victims
Your small fangs and claws
Could not protect you
But go with being devoured
Go with being decreased
Although you are born
For birds and wolves
With getting around reason
MULTIPLY and FILL
With going beyond providence
RUN and RUN
ぽんた
暁方ミセイ
藪がくれの
黒いひと筋
低く
平らに
朝焼の地表を這う
おいしい臓物を詰め込んだ丸み
シベリアやジュンガル盆地の
冷たい荒野を駆けていく
きみたちは勇敢な
被食者の末裔だ
小さな牙も爪も
その身を守ることはできないが
貪られながらゆけ
減りながらゆけ
鳥や狼のために
生まれてくるのだとしても
ことわりを掻いくぐって
増えろ 満ちろ
采配の外側にむかって
走れ 走れ
Misei Akegata
Misei Akegata was born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Currently she lives in Saitama prefecture.
In 2012, she was awarded 17th Chuya Nakahara Prize for Virus, 9th Ayukawa Nobuo Prize for The Magic Hill, and 29th Miyazaki Kenji Shorei Prize for Purple Cloudy Weather, Sniffing Iwate Walking Poetry.
1988年、神奈川県生まれ。埼玉県在住。
2012年、『ウイルスちゃん』で第17回中原中也賞、2018年『魔法の丘』で第9回鮎川信夫賞、2019年『紫雲天気、嗅ぎ回る 岩手歩行詩篇』で第29回宮沢賢治奨励賞受賞。