Ichi-go ichi-e

a free verse poem on the four-lettered idiom from Japanese culture

what a beautiful blue jay, passing you by, and you, in a trance, moved by its beauty! but alas, the moment, ’twas so momentary!

moments, so unique ain’t it? never, ever repeating! a moment now, never comes back, how hard you try, how hard you want!

slow down, cherish, feel, savor, let each moment, satiate your soul!

Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese:“one time, one meeting”)is a Japanese four-character idiom that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment.

Blue Jays are considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful birds.

Thank you so much, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, for starting this wonderful publication and Salam Khan, for sheltering a lot of my poems here!