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majestativa · 5 months

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I was tangled in the spider’s web Of sheer forgetfulness, sharp ecstasy, brooding manias.

— Kazuko Shiraishi, Seasons of Sacred Lust, transl by Ikuko Atsumi, John Solt, Carol Tinker, Yasuyo Morita & Kenneth Rexroth, (1978)

#Japanese #Kazuko Shiraishi #Seasons of Sacred Lust #Ikuko Atsumi #John Solt #Carol Tinker #Yasuyo Morita #Kenneth Rexroth #(1978)#Essence

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feral-ballad · 2 years

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Izumi Shikibu, tr. by Kenneth Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi, from Women Poets of Japan

[Text ID: “I keep my heart burning”]

#izumi shikibu #heart #burning #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #typography #poetry collection #poetry in translation #japanese poetry #japanese literature

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sunbathe · 2 years

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— ‘Untitled’ by 額田王 (Princess Nukata) 7th Century from Women Poets of Japan curated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi; “When the Emperor Tenji ordered Fujiwara Kamatari to judge between the beauty of the cherry blossoms and the red autumn leaves on the hills, Princess Nukada gave judgement with this poem.”

#literature #poetry #poem #額田王 #lit #autumn

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andrumedus · 2 years

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Yoshihara Sachiko, tr. Kenneth Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi, Women Poets of Japan; “Candle”

[Text ID: I am burning in the darkness]

#literature #poetry #yoshihara sachiko #women poets of japan #et umbra sumus #sacred flame in your soul #japanese lit #typography #m #x

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lost-in-letters · 2 years

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having no hope//hopelessness

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have-but I have it, Lana Del Ray// Alright, Gracie Abrams// Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry; "Heavy-laden is my soul", Kahlil Gibran// Franz Kafka// I Am The Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, Eliza Griswold (tr.)//The Unabridged Journals, Sylvia Plath// Women Poets of Japan,"A Diary Without Dates" , Nakamura Chio (tr. Kenneth Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi// All the Wrong Colours, Yrsa Daley-Ward

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yaya-tchoum · 2 years

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“I keep my heart burning”

~•Izumi Shikibu•~

#Izumi Shikibu, tr. by Kenneth Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi, from Women Poets of Japan #photo own

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violettesiren · 3 months

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God certainly wasn't sun stubbornly continued rising i stubbornly continued loving

but God was there one day i took a look in myself

from around what time? was it from the time i was a fish? in my spirit there was a deep wound no sound no color without interval:heat the flowing blood resembled God

from the wound i felt everything then stubbornly i did

those are my watery eyes thirsty lips a dog's sense of smell deer's sense of hearing that was my sadness sadness is a mollusk's two antennae

when the world meaninglessly flowed from the wound i in the middle of trembling there is a world sky:blue blue sky pierced into wound

God stubbornly continued to be absent i stubbornly continued loving

Blasphemy by Yoshihara Sachiko (Translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi)

#Yoshihara Sachiko

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heavenlyyshecomes · 4 years

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Yosano Akiko, Women Poets of Japan tr. Ikuko Atsumi & Kenneth Rexroth

#women poets of japan #yosano akiko #ikuko atsumi #kenneth rexroth #poetry #love #Japanese poetry #japan tag #mine #typography #typ

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thehauntedself · 3 years

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Since I don't know my mother, I won't be a mother. Facing the sun we smile at each other, myself and a faceless child.

Baba Akiko, Women Poets of Japan, tr. and ed. by Kenneth Rexroth, Ikuko Atsumi

#Baba Akiko #Women Poets of Japan #Kenneth Rexroth #Ikuko Atsumi

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indecisivegloom · 2 years

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#Kazuko Shiraishi #tr. by Ikuko Atsumi #from Seasons of Sacred Lust; “Rhino”#Seasons of Sacred Lust #Rhino #Ikuko Atsumi

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sparrowmoth · 2 years

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The Places We Grew Up, Pt. 1: Mal & Jay

Descendants (2015 - 2019) // Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours // Nishi Junko (tr. Kenneth Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi), "Revolution," from Women Poets of Japan // Stock images from Pixabay

My edit. Please don't repost without permission.

#descendants #mal bertha #jay son of jafar #descendants edit #my edits #descendants fandom #I don't know if this counts as #descendants web weaving #turned into more of a collage/art project #idk I was just playing around and the concept possessed me #carlos and evie are gonna be posted separately #in just a sec

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majestativa · 5 months

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Flowing slowly down the river of agony […] You met love.

— Kazuko Shiraishi, Seasons of Sacred Lust, transl by Ikuko Atsumi, John Solt, Carol Tinker, Yasuyo Morita & Kenneth Rexroth, (1978)

#Japanese #Kazuko Shiraishi #Seasons of Sacred Lust #Ikuko Atsumi #John Solt #Carol Tinker #Yasuyo Morita #Kenneth Rexroth #(1978)#Essence

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feral-ballad · 2 years

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