THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA

A RISE AND

FALL.
THIS SCENE LIFTS ME
UP AND SETS ME

DOWN.

PEERING OUT ACROSS THE

OPEN

EXPANSE, THE ANGLERS WATCH
AS BLUE GOLIATHS MAKE THEIR
PRESENCE KNOWN. THE CRESTS
TOWER

OVER THEM.
PURE IVORY AND AZUL CRASH
UPON THEIR BARGES. WITH
IT'S MILLION HANDS AND FINGERS
REACHING OUT AND YEARNING
FOR THE WEATHERED BOWS.
HUMBLY AWAITINGTHE NEXT
TIDAL
BREAK
TO FALL UPON
THEM. THE MEN, IN A CROUCHED
STANCE, BOW IN HONOR TO
THOSE WAVES.

FUJI ON THE DISTANT

H O R I Z O N.

GRNADUER AMD A CERTAIN
CONTROLLED CHAOS
SURROUNDING THE DORMANT
PEAK. AS IF IN THE GRIPS OF
THE WAVE, FUJI REMAINS
UNSCAVED AND RIGID. IN A
FRAME OF FOAM AND WATER
FUJI STANDS

SILENT.

I WROTE THIS IN HONOR OF MY FAVORITE JAPANESE PRINT.