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Ono no Komachi's Poetry, by written

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  • Blossoms blooming
    Blossoms blooming
    Yet making no seed are
    5 lines, 6 comments
  • As I dozed
    As I dozed
    The man I love
    5 lines, 10 comments
  • No exchange of glances
    No exchange of glances-a barren beach-
    How I hate myself for it!
    5 lines, 1 comment
  • In This World
    In this world
    the living grow fewer,
    4 lines
  • How Sad
    How sad,
    to think I will end
    4 lines, 4 comments
  • How hollow
    How hollow
    Are tears upon a sleeve
    4 lines, 4 comments
  • Upon my breast
    Upon my breast
    Floats a boat of heartbreak
    5 lines, 11 comments
  • The fisherfolk live
    The fisherfolk live
    Within the bay, rowing boats;
    5 lines, 1 comment
  • Atop this crag
    Atop this crag
    I am to spend a traveller's night;
    4 lines, 11 comments
  • Upon the path of dreams
    Upon the path of dreams
    My feet don't rest,
    13 lines, 3 comments
  • Fisher folk
    Fisher folk live
    In villages; where
    5 lines, 5 comments
  • It's over!
    'It's over!'
    Upon me drizzle
    5 lines, 2 comments
  • Visible colours
    Visible colours (Invisible passions)
    Fade from
    5 lines, 5 comments
  • The autumn wind
    The autumn wind (In his ennui he blew cold)
    Across the rice ears, (On our love)
    5 lines
  • In my desolation
    In my desolation
    I am as duckweed:
    5 lines, 3 comments
  • Feeling:
    Feeling:
    This thing-most of all-is
    5 lines, 4 comments
  • Placing burning coals
    Placing burning coals
    To burn my body hurts less than
    5 lines, 1 comment
  • Without end
    Without end
    Do I think of you and so
    5 lines
  • The colour of this flower
    The colour of this flower
    Has already faded away,
    4 lines, 9 comments
  • Was I lost
    Was I lost in thoughts of love
    When I closed my eyes? He
    5 lines, 2 comments
  • In reality
    In reality
    You must do it, I suppose;
    5 lines
  • I long for him most
    I long for him most
    during these long moonless nights.
    20 lines, 4 comments
  • When my desire
    When my desire
    grows too fierce
    5 lines, 1 comment
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