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Image: Geisha Girl playing the Samisen (here)
Goodness of the day
Nature exudes laughter and
joys of sweet geishas
In bright kimono
and light breeze brushing cheeks in
early morning mist
Standing tall ladies
of leisure keeping alive
a unique culture
Juxtaposed mixture
Modern and ancient both
in sync together
Where one is most likely to
sustain good living alone
For Chev's CARPE DIEM #13 - Kuheli of Kajori and
Abhra's hosting at d"Verse - where you want to be in this world
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Nice!
ReplyDeleteEver seen them play in person? One of the few things I remember from living in Japan as a child.
They came to our school many moons ago and played away, was very good
ReplyDeletei would love to go to asia...so much of their culture captures my imagination...and def props to those keeping that culture going....
ReplyDeleteVery nice -- I think your second poem is the strongest, with the early morning mist. :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you
Very nice -- I think your second poem is the strongest, with the early morning mist. :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you
Juxtaposed mixture
ReplyDeleteModern and ancient both
in sync together
that really stood out to me... think that can be said for lots of cultures; great stuff!
Very nice response on our GW-post Hank .... awesome ... beautiful photo of a geisha.
ReplyDeleteI have only been to the modern Japan.. To Tokyo and the craziness of this well-oiled machinery of a functioning city...
ReplyDeleteyour lines bear a wonderful freshness and purity...mark of a deep rooted culture...nicely done Hank :)
ReplyDeleteQuite lovely, this.
ReplyDeleteyou animated the image like a memory
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= <3
Ah... that's a beautiful place you write of - made me recall my time in Tokyo... so lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautíful, admiring look.
ReplyDeleteJapan is very high on my bucket list. This is great work Hank!
ReplyDeleteThey capture so much in their songs
ReplyDelete"Geisha Girl" is a new thing to me, never heard before. Cultural difference. But thanks to you now I have the idea. It's always pleasure to learn new things.
ReplyDeleteI love "Nature exudes laughter" and "breeze brushing cheeks."
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ReplyDeleteGeishas are trained like Olympic athletes; companions with more culture than any of our beauty contestant winners in the West; Japan is a very expensive destination as I understand it; so watching Japanese movies are the closest I will come to that Journey I fear.
they certainly have strong cultural roots - i sometimes have japanese guests here in our company - and it's a different world - fascinating
ReplyDeletethis was unexpected, but I think I can hear the music now
ReplyDeleteThere is such beauty in that culture and it's definitely encapsulated in the Geisha.
ReplyDeleteLovely images here!
ReplyDeleteI do long to see the East - China, Japan and on the way Hawaii and/or Australia and New Zealand, but not quite through exploring Europe yet! Thanks for a lovely piece capturing the poetry as well as the images of Japan.
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely image and the words do it honour.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful. I remember seeing a geisha outside Tokyo's main train station. I had been travelling for hours from the UK, had jet-lag and couldn't quite believe my eyes as she stood there, incongruous to my eyes against the hi-tech Tokyo backdrop. Although really it was me who was incongruous, being an obvious foreigner!
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