tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post113298714373247289..comments2024-01-05T20:18:45.991-08:00Comments on Et al.: What helps?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829089563990675253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1133065942684245122005-11-26T20:32:00.000-08:002005-11-26T20:32:00.000-08:00So glad that there are moments of joy.So glad that there are moments of joy.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1133022145305689262005-11-26T08:22:00.000-08:002005-11-26T08:22:00.000-08:00i would simply come when you are looking the other...i would simply come when you are looking the other way, and place a poem on your table, or in a pocket of a blouse you might wear, or under a magnet on a kitchen cabinet ...<BR/><BR/>~~~<BR/><BR/>Although the wind<BR/>blows terribly here,<BR/>the moonlight also leaks<BR/>between the roof planks<BR/>of this ruined house.<BR/><BR/>Izumi Shikibu<BR/>(translated by Jane Hirshfield<BR/>and Mariko Aratani)<BR/><BR/>Considered the greatest woman poet of Japanese literature, Izumi Shikibu was part of the only Golden Age in world literature that was created by women writers. She served as a companion to an empress of the imperial court at Heian-kyo (present-day Kyoto), married young, and gave birth to a daughter ...<BR/><BR/>To read her poems, it is helpful to know that in Buddhist cultures the moon is often a symbol of awakened mind. <BR/><BR/>Women in Praise of the Sacred<BR/>43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women<BR/>Jane Hirshfield<BR/>page 61Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1133013906058387692005-11-26T06:05:00.000-08:002005-11-26T06:05:00.000-08:00I'm glad.I'm glad.bitchphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118578280520171800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1133008843458128672005-11-26T04:40:00.000-08:002005-11-26T04:40:00.000-08:00Glad to read this. Glad of the food, the wine, th...Glad to read this. Glad of the food, the wine, the friends, the love, the measure of peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com