Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A JAPANESE SERENADE, by W. RUMSEY KINNEY First Line: Dim bluish mountains slowly flush Last Line: Yuki, come. Subject(s): Courtship; Japan; Yale University; Japanese | ||||||||
DIM bluish mountains slowly flush In the lingering glow of a rich harvest sun; Over the rice fields steals a hush, And sleepy stars peep one by one. Yuki, come; Yuki, come. Ere the sunset's last gold glimmer Fades before the pale moon's shimmer, Yuki, come. Pale cherry blossoms tint the dale, Running rampant through meadows and over the hills; Low on a branch a nightingale Is floating its silvery trills. Yuki, come; Yuki, come, 'Mid a thousand pink-white petals, Falling, while the twilight settles, Yuki, come. Sorcerous moonlight traces faint The shadowy gnarling of all the trees -- Fairy tracings, queer and quaint, That waver in the shifting breeze. Yuki, come; Yuki, come, Come, and all the night we'll wander Where the wind is sighing yonder, Yuki, come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHOMEI AT TOYAMA by BASIL BUNTING SONG: SO OFTEN, SO LONG I HAVE THOUGHT by HAYDEN CARRUTH A MONTH IN SUMMER by CAROLYN KIZER TWO JAPANESE POEMS by WILLIAM MEREDITH KEEP DRIVING by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER A WALKAROUND, FOR NEKO; KAMAKURA 11/10/96 by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 1 by JEROME ROTHENBERG |
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