"senbazuru"
origami,
kirigami --
both are made from
the same paper
fingers, scissors --
both are tools of
the same magic
quickening life
between them blooms
a strange new art,
one page cut to
fold several forms
new growth sprouts from
their common ground;
they have become
equal masters
the school is filled
with children
their voices like
the cries of birds
no more rivals,
no more running,
only delight
unfolding now
cut, crease, release:
in the courtyard
one thousand cranes
take to the sky
* * *
Notes:
Everything Origami by Matthew Gardiner. Hinkler Books, 2008. p. 4
Senbazuru -- A paper craft in which a single square of paper is cut to make multiple squares joined at the corners; the name senbazuru means "one thousand cranes."