"Wabinureba mi o ukikusa no ne o taete sasou mizu araba inamu to zo omou"
— Ono no Komachi

January 1, 1970

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Poets from JapanJapanese women
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In this forlorn state I find life dreary indeed: if a stream beckoned, I would gladly cut my roots and float away like duckweed. — p. 206