Article: Japanese Garden at Hotel Narita View.(Poem)

 
JAPANESE GARDEN AT HOTEL NARITA VIEW 
 
   1. 1st Master 
 
   Swordmaestro at ease and perfect, 
   he outwaits the storm 
   loose-sleeved in his formal garden, 
   under the small umbrella-shrine 
   there for his need on the path, 
   tempered sword slung in his silk sheath 
   at the approved angle, fierce wispy beard and eye. 
 
   Tranquil on a natural planned rock, 
   his feet and scabbard are placed carefully as the stone 
   in an age of civilised mayhem. 
   A servant, scurrying comic, 
   brings him his green-leaf tea, departs 
   unregarded in the rain, careful not to crush 
   a tuff that boils with small red ants. 
 
   2. 2nd Master 
 
   Designated plants rise in ...