Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE IN JAPAN, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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First Line: The semi is silent
Last Line: Eater of dreams!
Subject(s): Dreams; Japan; Love; Tears; Nightmares; Japanese


The semi is silent
(Autumn rains!)
The wind-bells tinkle
(How chill it is!)
The quick lights come
On the shoji-panes.
Come, A Baku,
Eater of dreams!

The maple darkens
(Pale grow I!)
The near night shivers
(The Temple fades.)
Haunting love
Will not cease to cry!
Come, O Baku,
Eater of dreams!

The wild mists gather
(Ah, my tears!)
The pane-lights vanish
(For some there is rest.)
But for me --
The remembered years!
Come, O Baku,
Eater of dreams!





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