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reemgaga's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
“In return for all
the sins and crimes of men,
the gods created me
with glistening long black hair
and pale, inviting skin.”
First time getting into Japanese poetry and wanted to start with a female poet, it was a good decision to start with Yosano Akiko. Such an inspiring woman.
the sins and crimes of men,
the gods created me
with glistening long black hair
and pale, inviting skin.”
First time getting into Japanese poetry and wanted to start with a female poet, it was a good decision to start with Yosano Akiko. Such an inspiring woman.
sidrajaved's review
4.25
!!!! favourite poems:
Like a summer flower,
fragile as its slender stem,
love wastes me away.
Yet I shall blossom, crimson
under the bright noonday sun.
Agreed, we have
no talent for poetry.
We smile. This love
will last twenty thousand years.
Is that a long time or brief?
Friends, please don’t ask
whatever remains of love.
And don’t preach to me.
Let our poetry endure.
It is the cross we bear.
My shiny black hair
fallen into disarray,
a thousand tangles,
like a thousand tangled thoughts
about my love for you.
Like a summer flower,
fragile as its slender stem,
love wastes me away.
Yet I shall blossom, crimson
under the bright noonday sun.
Agreed, we have
no talent for poetry.
We smile. This love
will last twenty thousand years.
Is that a long time or brief?
Friends, please don’t ask
whatever remains of love.
And don’t preach to me.
Let our poetry endure.
It is the cross we bear.
My shiny black hair
fallen into disarray,
a thousand tangles,
like a thousand tangled thoughts
about my love for you.
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