Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Set with dignity

                                                                        Attribution: Dick Thomas Johnson
Image: Pretty actress Adachi Yumi from
'A Courtesan with Flowered Skin' (here)

Not in the shadows
Courtesans for known clients in
selected enclaves

Set with dignity
Geisha girls schooled in pleasure
Tired bones in tow

Respected calling
Moon and stars in unison
Perfect parnership

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Special #196
Hamish Gunn's 2nd 'on the street corner' and
Marian's The Tuesday Platform at Real Toads

12 comments:

  1. That has to be a hard life indeed

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  2. Such a wonderful description of the role/life of a Geisha

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  3. They have a much healthier attitude about such things than we do...but, unfortunately, we can never escape our puritanical roots.

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  4. All to please the male... hmmm. Not so sure about "respected" IMO

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  5. Ah. the complexities of a Geisha's life... I think I prefer the way we live today.

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  6. They had their real place in society. Great write!

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  7. A fragment of culture almost lost to the modern world.

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  8. A penned image of a life few in the modern world know anything about. Great writing

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  9. Life of geisha was hard, very hard, but they were intelligent and had knowledge of a lot of things especially arts. The geisha was (and still is) part of Japanese culture.

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  10. Tired bones indeed! What a terrible life to have led. Bravo!

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