http://smilezthief.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] smilezthief.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2004-06-12 12:54 pm

“The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu”

When my desire
grows too fierce
I wear my bed clothes
inside out
dark as the night’s rough husk.

* * *

Gently, I open
the door to eternal
mystery, the flowers
of my breasts cupped
offered with both my hands.

* * *

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/girlafraid_/ 2004-06-12 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Those are beautiful.

[identity profile] elegia.livejournal.com 2004-06-12 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely gorgeous ♥

[identity profile] shelies.livejournal.com 2004-06-14 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
they are real good, especially the first one who wrote it?