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class="right">John Gould Fletcher.
Part I
Lovers Embracing
Force and yielding meet together:
An attack is half repulsed.
Shafts of broken sunlight dissolving
Convolutions of torpid cloud.
An attack is half repulsed.
Shafts of broken sunlight dissolving
Convolutions of torpid cloud.
A Picnic Under the Cherry Trees
The boat drifts to rest
Under the outward spraying branches.
Under the outward spraying branches.
There is faint sound of quavering strings,
The reedy murmurs of a flute,
The soft sigh of the wind through silken garments;
The reedy murmurs of a flute,
The soft sigh of the wind through silken garments;
All these are mingled
With the breeze that drifts away,
Filled with thin petals of cherry blossom,
Like tinkling laughter dancing away in sunlight.
With the breeze that drifts away,
Filled with thin petals of cherry blossom,
Like tinkling laughter dancing away in sunlight.
Court Lady Standing Under Cherry Tree
She is an iris,
Dark purple, pale rose,
Under the gnarled boughs
That shatter their stars of bloom.
She waves delicately
With the movement of the tree.
Dark purple, pale rose,
Under the gnarled boughs
That shatter their stars of bloom.
She waves delicately
With the movement of the tree.
Of what is she dreaming?
Of long nights lit with orange lanterns,
Of wine cups and compliments and kisses of the two-sword men.
And of dawn when weary sleepers
Lie outstretched on the mats of the palace,
And of the iris stalk that is broken in the fountain.
Of wine cups and compliments and kisses of the two-sword men.
And of dawn when weary sleepers
Lie outstretched on the mats of the palace,
And of the iris stalk that is broken in the fountain.
Court Lady Standing Under a Plum Tree
Autumn winds roll through the dry leaves
On her garments;
Autumn birds shiver
Athwart star-hung skies.
Under the blossoming plum-tree,
She expresses the pilgrimage
Of grey souls passing,
Athwart love's scarlet maples
To the ash-strewn summit of death.
On her garments;
Autumn birds shiver
Athwart star-hung skies.
Under the blossoming plum-tree,
She expresses the pilgrimage
Of grey souls passing,
Athwart love's scarlet maples
To the ash-strewn summit of death.
A Beautiful Woman
Iris-amid-clouds
Must be her name.
Must be her name.
Tall and lonely as the mountain-iris,
Cold and distant.
Cold and distant.
She has never known longing:
Many have died for love of her.
Many have died for love of her.
A Reading
"And the prince came to the craggy rock
But saw only hissing waves
So he rested all day amid them."
But saw only hissing waves
So he rested all day amid them."
He listens idly,
He is content with her voice.
He is content with her voice.
He dreams it is the murmur
Of distant wave-caps breaking
Upon the painted screen.
Of distant wave-caps breaking
Upon the painted screen.
An Actor as a Dancing Girl
The peony dancer
Swirls orange folds of dusty robes
Through the summer.
Swirls orange folds of dusty robes
Through the summer.
They are spotted with thunder showers,
Falling upon the crimson petals.
Falling upon the crimson petals.
Heavy blooms
Breaking and spilling fiery cups
Drowsily.
Breaking and spilling fiery cups
Drowsily.
Josan No Miya
She is a fierce kitten leaping in sunlight
Towards the swaying boughs.
Towards the swaying boughs.
She is a gust of wind,
Bending in parallel curves the boughs of the willow-tree.
Bending in parallel curves the boughs of the willow-tree.
An Oiran and her Kamuso
Gilded hummingbirds are whizzing
Through the palace garden,
Deceived by the jade petals
Of the Emperor's jewel-trees.
Through the palace garden,
Deceived by the jade petals
Of the Emperor's jewel-trees.
Two Ways of Love
The wind half blows her robes,
That subside
Listlessly
As swaying pines.
That subside
Listlessly
As swaying pines.
The wind tosses hers
In circles
That recoil upon themselves:
How should I love—as the swaying or tossing wind?
In circles
That recoil upon themselves:
How should I love—as the swaying or tossing wind?
Kurenai-ye or "Red Picture"
She glances expectantly
Through the pine avenue,
To the cherry-tree summit
Where her lover will appear.
Through the pine avenue,
To the cherry-tree summit
Where her lover will appear.
Faint rose anticipation colours her,
And sunset;
She is a cherry-tree that has taken long to bloom.
And sunset;
She is a cherry-tree that has taken long to bloom.
A Woman Standing by a Gate with an Umbrella
Late summer changes to autumn:
Chrysanthemums are scattered
Behind the palings.
Chrysanthemums are scattered
Behind the palings.
Gold and vermilion
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