For chrysanthemums and books, from Poem A Day, edited by Laurie Sheck.
from Solitary Living in Early Winter / by Ema Saiko (1787-1862), translated by Hiroaki Saiko
This innermost room, with little to do,
is adequate to commit my plain life to.
19th-Century Japanese Poetry
DPF / Ryota
Well, it’s the wrong day to sing about spring while snow falls on the television’s football fields, but here it is anyway. This one’s also from Poem A Day, Voume 2, edited by Laurie Sheck.
from Spring / by Oshima Ryota (1718-1878), translated by Steven D. Carter
Ah, this world of ours
Daily Poetry Fragments {Semi-Daily} 