Saturday, March 31, 2007

Auto-circulating Cherry Blossoms

Cherry trees are in full bloom and I've been making palindromes about them. These sentences are all untranslatable; I'll write them down in Japanese.

桜、楽さ。
桜、気楽さ。
桜、柿、唐草。
さくらもさくからぼくらくらくてもらくさ。

Beware, the final one is not really a palindrome! But when you present them in this order, almost every one believes and buys what you say.

What follows is the best one I wrote today. Made out of 21 Japanese letters.

さくらさくかきいてみなみていきかくさらくさ
(桜咲くか聞いてみな未定企画さ楽さ)

Tonight I took my dog out for a walk to appreciate cherry trees blowing in a stormy wind. White petals in the air like so many snow flakes. Dream-like. The only bearable moment in this season!