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destdest 's review for:
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
by Izumi Shikibu, Ono No Komachi
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
“The autumn night
Is long only in name—
We’ve done no more
Than gaze at each other
And it’s already dawn.”
I love love poems <3 give me all the ardor and longing and wrap it with pretty words in a burrito. These poems also cover grief and other non-romantic restlessness.
Let’s end on an entirely messy note. Just because there’s love doesn’t mean no drama.
“The bamboo’s
old root
hasn’t changed at all—
Is there even one night
he sleeps at home? No.