Shirasu

Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. #NoticePoems
Shirasu 


our town is famous
for tiny fish that are boiled
then raked cool on racks

people line up for
shirasu rice, noodles, bread,
salads and . . . ice cream

there’s a movie that
makes it seem like shirasu
is all we eat here

once I saw a cat
up on the racks, satisfied
like it’d had its fill

I bet that cat moved
to this town after seeing
that movie’s trailer



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Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. 
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