While I Have Not Gone Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

While I Have Not Gone

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While I have not gone
To the mountains of Yoshino,
Of the cherry blossom
Word comes-nothing more-
Will I just continue to hear?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 30 June 2016

__________________________________ Withering flowers or falling cherry blossoms are the images used so much by Japanese poets to express their sadness with the ephemeral world while simultaneously basking in its beauty. __________________________________

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