January 1st. Happy New Year! January 1st was wandering Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki‘s birthday. See our extensive posting on Nanao’s Centennial back in 2023 – here
Fade away the star trail
Fade away the wind trail
Fade away the water trail
Fade away the bird trail
Fade away the butterfly trail
Fade away the animal trail
Fade away the man’s trail
Fade away everything
How about you?
Bruna Lucchesi has set one of Nanao’s poems to music. A Brazilian Portuguese version of “Fade Away”. the video was recorded inside the Paraná river
Allen Ginsberg and Nanao Sakaki, Kyoto, November 1 1988
Happy Nanao Day! The start of a New Year!