Thursday Oct 06, 2005

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Dialogue poem

If the thunder rolls for a while
And the sky is clouded, bringing rain,
Then you will stay beside me.

Even when no thunder sounds
And no rain falls, if you but ask me,
Then I will stay beside you.

- from the Hitomaro collection.
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anaphalaxis:
drinks motherfucker!
teela:
stuff like this is fantastic. i can only stare and marvel at how so much can be conveyed in such depth in so few words. i don't know much hitomaro but what i've read i've liked, and i find a lot of oriental writing has that peculiar combo attack of superficial prettiness with succinct delivery - i mean how the message doesn't get lost in the presentation, if that makes sense, yet so much thought seems to go into the sheer aesthetic of the presentation.

i'll just get me coat... /sheepish

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