Cinematic Poetry
From the Obsidian Room — an immersive piece where words dissolve into moving light.
Zakuro — The Pomegranate
Cheeks stuffed with treasure, kicking off the ground and running with all his heart. Dead last, yet that is its own charm — a cinematic poem of a cracked pomegranate and its ruby seeds.
Kari — The Hunt
A figure gallops through the forest on horseback, a head in hand — whose face today? — as the audience watches, breath held. A cinematic poem.
Eyes on the Ceiling — The Glaze of Hollow Things
Eyes swim where they hang from the ceiling; mannequins and posters glisten. Knowing all of it is hollow, still the glaze beckons to be touched — a piece of inverted artifice.
Emakimono — The Picture Scroll
Two slipping back to that moment together. Time halts, forgetting even the rings of years — a piece that binds two who face each other into a picture scroll.
The Rightward Path — Toward Eden
Not looking where everyone else looks. Away from the town, rightward and on — a piece that walks on, believing Eden lies ahead.
Haisen — The Abandoned Line
On an abandoned line at midnight, your red and my blue entwine in the violet smoke. At the blink of an eye the view snaps shut — where are you? A cinematic poem of a late-night-radio darkness.
Gen — The Severed String
A single string snaps back against the finger; the same tone can never sound again. Like a eulogy sending you off, the severed string trembles — a cinematic poem of a quiet mourning night.
Kitsunebi — The Foxfire
Beyond narrowed eyes, the reflection of a crimson cheek floats in the dark. A cinematic poem of pale-blue foxfire on a galactic night.
Daichi — The Earth
I wept as if time had stopped. But you are here, on this land. Little by little, so that I can stand upon this soil — so that I won't cry. A cinematic poem set on the earth at dawn.