I want to nail my own gloomy shadow into the moonlit earth.… - Sakutarō Hagiwara

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I want to nail my own gloomy shadow into the moonlit earth. Lest the shadow follow me forever.

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About Sakutarō Hagiwara

(萩原朔太郎, Hagiwara Sakutarō, 1 November 1886 – 11 May 1942) was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan". He published many volumes of essays, literary and cultural criticism, and aphorisms over his long career. His unique style of verse expressed his doubts about existence, and his fears, ennui, and anger through the use of dark images and unambiguous wording. He died from pneumonia aged 55.

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Alternative Names: Sakutaro Hagiwara • Sakutarou Hagiwara

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With rare words that adults do not know
nature terrified us
trembling like reeds
we wept and shouted in the lonely wasteland.
"Mo-other! Mo-other!"

In a field where bats swarmed
I watched a pillar of crumbling flesh
it trembled lonely in the evening darkness
smelled raw like dead-man's-grass that flutters at a shadow
and was as ugly as rotting meat with throngs of maggots crawling on it.

I have no more hope no more honor no more future.
And irretrievable remorse alone
scurried away like a field mouse.

I want to nail my own gloomy shadow into the moonlit earth. Lest the shadow follow me forever. - Sakutarō Hagiwara

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