Tanka poems against the war

Do you know we have a special day for cats in Japan? It is the 22nd of the 2nd month, February, because 2 is pronounced "ni" in Japanese and "ni, ni, ni" sounds like what cats say. In English cats may say "meow", but in Japanese they say "nya."

If you know more about Cat Day, I have just found a good site:

 https://en.japantravel.com/news/national-cat-day/68647

In a town full of

Debris left after an air raid

A cat is crouching

Alone with his whiskers cut

Looking up to the full moon

髭切られうずくまりいる猫独り

瓦礫の街の月を見ている

Hige kirare Uzukumari iru Neko hitori

Gareki no machi no Tsuki wo mite iru

I wish all the wars end now in Gaza and everywhere else.

The tanka poems and drawing from "Flowers and Bombs: Stop the Violence of the War Now!" by Kaoru Kobashi

https://hanabaku.blogspot.com/

All we need is love

The Beatles sang before

All we need is love

Ceasefire now in Gaza!

Ceasefire now everywhere!

All we need is loveと歌いしビートルズ All we need is love

今すぐガザに世界に平和を！

All we need is love To utai shi Beatles All we need is love

Ima sugu Gaza ni Sekai ni heiwa wo!

Tanka poems by Kaoru Kobashi