

改札を引き返す 土曜の足
登戸の駅 川へ続く道
木の桟橋 時刻表を見る
「夏のうちに」だけ 自分に言う
桟橋に立つ 川面に夕の色
隣に文庫 同じ便の人
半歩譲られた 礼を一度だけ
文庫の表紙は 見ないまま並ぶ
船頭の櫓 最初の一漕ぎ
水を切る音で 息が抜ける
隣の息に 勝手に重ねる
言葉はないまま 櫓の音が続く
対岸が近づく 横を見ない
櫓の音を追う 川面に広がる弧
隣の文庫 角を指で押す
文庫の表紙は 視界の外
言葉が浮かぶ 櫓の音に紛れる
「いい音」を呑み込む 櫓に重ねて
隣の指 文庫の角で止まる
櫓の拍子だけが 名前より近い
船頭の櫓 最後の一漕ぎ
水音が止む 息が整う
隣の息に 重ねたまま止む
言葉はないまま 別の道に向く
対岸の道 夕の風が低い
ポケットで半券 指で押さえる
「いい音」だけ 喉に置いておく
櫓の音を持ち帰る 夏の夕
- Lyricist
Akemi
- Composer
Akemi
- Producer
nanayon music
- Mixing Engineer
nanayon music
- Vocals
Akemi

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Sonnet of the River Ferry
Akemi
Sonnet of the River Ferry is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays a brief meeting and parting with a stranger on a summer ferry, where no names are ever exchanged.
A road leading from Noborito station down to the river, a wooden jetty, a timetable, a fellow passenger holding a paperback, and the steady stroke of the oar create a quiet scene where a relationship that is never defined simply comes and goes.
Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that quietly lays its own breath over the sound of the oar without knowing the name beside her, and chooses to part at the far bank without a single word.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era lyrical subtlety through images of summer dusk, a riverside crossing, and connection that needs no words.
As she swallows the unspoken praise that almost reaches her lips, the rhythm of the oar feels closer to her than any name.
Even after the final stroke and the silence that follows, she keeps only that sound resting in her throat and carries it home through the summer evening.
Produced by nanayon music.
Artist Profile
Akemi
A music project that reimagines the melancholic mood and nighttime glow of late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese City Pop and New Music through AI-assisted production and human direction. Akemi is a fictional singer with a backstory of being from Yamato City, Kanagawa, Japan. She sings of urban solitude, grown-up love, and bittersweet afterglow in a noir-tinged city pop sound. Lyrics, composition, vocals, and visuals are created using generative tools and curated through editing. This is an experimental project exploring the human warmth and nostalgia that can emerge from AI.
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