Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IN JAPAN, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography First Line: The semi is silent Last Line: Eater of dreams! Subject(s): Dreams; Japan; Love; Tears; Nightmares; Japanese | ||||||||
The semi is silent (Autumn rains!) The wind-bells tinkle (How chill it is!) The quick lights come On the shoji-panes. Come, A Baku, Eater of dreams! The maple darkens (Pale grow I!) The near night shivers (The Temple fades.) Haunting love Will not cease to cry! Come, O Baku, Eater of dreams! The wild mists gather (Ah, my tears!) The pane-lights vanish (For some there is rest.) But for me -- The remembered years! Come, O Baku, Eater of dreams! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHOMEI AT TOYAMA by BASIL BUNTING SONG: SO OFTEN, SO LONG I HAVE THOUGHT by HAYDEN CARRUTH A MONTH IN SUMMER by CAROLYN KIZER TWO JAPANESE POEMS by WILLIAM MEREDITH KEEP DRIVING by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER A WALKAROUND, FOR NEKO; KAMAKURA 11/10/96 by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 1 by JEROME ROTHENBERG A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100) by CALE YOUNG RICE |
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