Into Blue Mountains

The fourth and final volume of my collected poems, covering the years 2014-2018. These were years I was living and teaching in Tokyo. My feet continue to circumambulate Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park, but my thoughts go back over a lifetime, the first 30 years of which were spent in the U.S.A. "Poets at Seven" sees collecting roadside beer bottles through the lens of Rimbaud. The last poem looks ahead into blue mountains. Meanwhile, the turtle crosses the highway.