{"id":7886,"date":"2022-10-20T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2022-10-20T19:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:53:23","slug":"go-forward-elephant-riding-poems-by-maki-starfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/go-forward-elephant-riding-poems-by-maki-starfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Forward & Elephant Riding. Poems by Maki Starfield"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n\r\nGo Forward\r\n\r\n\r\nThe book I got for the first time was the Bible\r\n\"In the beginning was the word...\"\r\nI was attracted to this word\r\n\r\nAdam and Eve met in this world and the human world began\r\nEven if the stories of those two people are over, our life will not end\r\n\r\nFrom yesterday to today\r\nConnected like a horizon\r\nI will move from today to tomorrow\r\n\r\nUpon this heaviness\u2026\r\nO wind, go forward!\r\n\r\nIn the heart,\r\nLet's change the darkness of the Bible\r\nInto sparkling stars\r\n\r\nEndlessly flowing, spreading\r\nMy words before it\r\n\r\n\r\nElephant Riding\r\n\r\n\r\nI experienced elephant riding in Thailand for the first time\r\nRaising his nose, the elephant opened the sweaty nose widely\r\nJust before I was about to leave\r\nI put the money in the nostrils at once.\r\nThe elephant took it and handed it to his master.\r\n\r\nObeying him, the elephant just carried the next customer\r\nand started walking out\r\nHeld by the reins by his master\r\nThe elephant doesn\u2019t think about running away from him\r\n\r\nGoodbye\r\nThis is the first time I met him, and I should think I will not meet him again\r\nBut I don\u2019t need any kiss from him\r\n\r\nGoodbye\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
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Maki Starfield<\/strong><\/p>\n
Poet, painter and translator.Born in Ehime, Japan, 1972. MA from Sophia University, studying International business management and TESOL in Canada. She recently has published in the second poetry collection, In Love A Sound. https:\/\/immaginepoesia.jimdofree.com<\/a>
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