SWORD MAKING: A Meditation on Saber Forging From a heart of fire and belly of earth metal is hammered as a blade gains birth - Plunged into water Then fire again The steel learns austerity and discipline. At last the object is finished and placed in a scabbard case. When withdrawn - it has the power of lightening. When sheathed - it is a cave. An-Yi: This is bullshit! Daiki: Of course! What else did you expect from a book of poetry? Bhäraté: I was hoping for cherry blossoms and verse about lovely geisha. Chariya: I have learned not to hope. Devils laugh each time humans hope. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A image of a sword surrounded by fire and dipped in water with a poem KEYWORDS: Sabre smith, sacred weapons, swordsmith, katana kaji Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1982 in Renton, WA, USA ≜ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/discover.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/japon.htm