homesickness – Janice Lynch Schuster

Conversation in poetry

~Sakura (cherry blossom)~ centennial trees longing to see the motherland they bloom —From a Japanese friend, physician Yukari ban-Hatori Galileo saw Our anchors in the blue sky Great heaven of stars –A response by Janice Lynch Schuster Key words: Japan, cherry blossoms, homesickness, Galileo, depression

~Sakura (cherry blossom)~

centennial trees
longing to see the motherland
they bloom

—From a Japanese friend, physician Yukari ban-Hatori

Galileo saw
Our anchors in the blue sky
Great heaven of stars

–A response by Janice Lynch Schuster

Key words: Japan, cherry blossoms, homesickness, Galileo, depression