Spring will come again, people say.
Yet I am heartsick.
Nothing will happen when spring comes;
That child will not come again.
Nakahara Chuuya, “Spring Will Come Again”
Note: the poem was written after the death of Chuuya’s first son, Fumiya, in November 1936
Note: the poem was written after the death of Chuuya’s first son, Fumiya, in November 1936
Lisa E. Pugh, author 