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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LITTLE MAID OF FAR JAPAN, by ANNETTE WYNNE
First Line: Little maid upon my fan
Last Line: Do you like this other place?
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Children; January; Japanese In The United States; Childhood
First Line: Little maid upon my fan
Last Line: Do you like this other place?
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Children; January; Japanese In The United States; Childhood
LITTLE maid upon my fan
Did you come from far Japan?
What a tiny oval face!
Do you like this other place?
Do you miss the cherry trees
Where you knew the little breeze,
Where you heard the cuckoo sing
In the spring?
Then you crossed your lattice floor,
Flung aside your paper door,
Joined the other maids at play,
Far away.
Now you live upon my fan,
Little maid of far Japan,
Still, you have a merry face—
Do you like this other place?
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