My sister and I are Half-Japanese
Our father is Japanese
And our mother is English
We sit on the beach
Near our home
Watching the waves
During the summer months
The tides are very low
And the waves submissive
I suppose that we are waiting
For Hokusai’s GREAT WAVE
But it will never arrive
Here in Kingsdown
Emi had asked me to write a poem
About our dreams
I am no more a poet
Than she is
But I wanted to please her
As she is a gentle creature
This poem has made her very happy
Although she questions the title
And wonders why I did not call the poem
HOKUSAI’S GREAT WAVE