“Even if I now saw you…” by Izumi Shikibu
And because you can never have too many poems in a day: "Even if I now saw you
“Although the wind …” by Izumi Shikibu
Just finished washing the dishes, watching my hands turn to prunes, wondering if some things can be so easily cleaned up like dirty plates. I still hurt when I remember vividly how you hurt. "Although the wind
“I picked an azalea…” by Izumi Shikibu
Just came from a literary festival in school. For all the poems read and heard tonight, I can only think of one I would rather curl up in bed with: "I picked an azalea
