jemz

since half my flist is doing it and I am such a follower (baaaa!) that here are some for you to enjoy.


Some Poetry from the Six Collections
[from the Gosenshuu, 951 A.D.]

Kore ya kono
Yuku mo kaeru mo
Wakaretsutsu
Shiru mo shiranu mo
Ausaka no seki

This is the Barrier
Where people come and people go
Exchanging farewells;
For friends and strangers alike
This is Meeting Barrier

Semimaru (translted by Donald Keene)

( Two more Japanese poems and translations )

and now one of my favorite poems by John Keats. Tis fabulous.

( Ode on a Grecian Urn )

My last poem (yes, on a poetry splurge, kthx) is by Matthew Stepanek, who wrote poetry since he was three and is currently living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. He lost three siblings to the same disease and his hopefulness and his positive outlook on life makes me smile and dream of better things in the realm of cancer/genetic disorders/diseases.

( Heartsong )

Enjoy....♥