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passed guard tower without glancing up before summer daybreak Komuro, Kyotaro Stoockton Assembly Center 10.1942 |
Moonlit summer sky same black houses standing in rows Rhododendren bloooms about to leave this house where my child was born Graves, another, and still another on the ground puddles of water Agari, Yotenchi Stoockton Assembly Center 10.1942 |
Hearing sound of train -AWAKE- this endless night Hirai, Tokuji Rohwer Concentration camp |
Distant lightning flash Iiluminates dark forsest Iguchi, Ryonan stockton assembly center |
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After trees are cut down in the distance people making bonfires Close to day of relocation breaking branch of wild persimmon Okamoto, Hykuissei Rohwer Concentration camp |
Sat alone staring at a dark and dismal wall spring night In the shade of the summer sun Guard tapping rock with club Even if I want to talk I am alone closed window, spring evening Okamoto, Shiho Arrested by FBI,1942 |
A parosol goes by along the curve of the race track high noon Ouchida, Konan Stockton assembly center |
Two men sharing a room only the doll looks real it is fall Nakao, Yajin Rohwer Concentration camp |
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Usual train passes sound of clock resumes winter night this evening everything seems shorter in the spring moon even my shadow Shintomi, Deisha Rohwer Concentration camp |
winter night sentry whistling in the darkness Okamoto Shiho Arrested by FBI, 1942 |
in the sage brush two new earth mounds torrid wind blows Okamoto Shiho Arrested by FBI, 1942 |
Cutting bare trees the only work to be done in the forest Agari, Yothenchi Stockton Assembly Center 10.1942 |
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I live in a country by Itaru Ina |
Under the scorching sun by Itaru Ina |
The guard’s gaze by Itaru Ina |
I’m leaving— by Itaru Ina |