Katakana Literary Work - Final

ウバタマの
夜空から微雨
ポツと降る

（うばたまの
よぞらからびゆ
ぽつとふる）

"Ubatama" in the first line is a word with the meanings "pitch-black" and also "peyote" (a type of cactus with psychotropic properties), so the image of a black sky simultaneously conjures up images of plants falling from the sky, alluding to the sort of psychological inversion that you might experience on such a drug. "Potsu" is the onomatopoeia for raindrops hitting a surface. I imagine the scene of a desert in late spring/early summer under a gentle rainshower.


深い森
ココで青葉と
溶け合った

（ふかいもり
ここであおばと
とけあった）

This revision changes the first line to "fukai mori", which, compared to "rin nai ni", creates a feeling of greater density and deeper shadow. "Fuku" by itself means deep, alluding to the deep green of the forest in spring bloom, and "mori", with its three tree radicals compared to the two of "rin", suggests an older, taller, and denser forest. "Koko" katakana in the second line is used to emphasize the relativity between "here" and the surroundings, a relation which is juxtaposed between the first and third lines. I used the past tense in the last line to allude to the psychological interiority of the reader/subject, who amongst the branches and leaves of the forest experiences a definite change of physical/psychological state vis-a-vis his/her surroundings.