Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JAPANESE WOMAN, by LORNA TALLENT KIDWELL


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JAPANESE WOMAN, by                    
First Line: Decorously she pushed his little hands aside
Last Line: And brighter seemed her day.
Subject(s): Japan; Nurses; Japanese


Decorously she pushed his little hands aside,
This Japanese nurse. But one glimpsed a pride
And knew the starved heart was pleased at his caress.
Beneath that calm exterior, emotions surged and strong desires.
Peace lay upon her brow, yet in her heart burned smouldering fires,
Ancestral smothered fires that life had taught her to suppress.
Decorously she pushed his arm from round her neck
And gently bade him run and play, --
But in her eyes a warn light glowed,
And brighter seemed her day.





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