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Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 14 May 2018, 09:56
by Bernie01
I see your photograph in a magazine,
wistful as a heavy girl in high school,
violet parasol blown sideways
in the Zephyr wind, a rainy languor
as you read the iris-white pages
of the Osaka Shinbun news,
metal glasses like the goggles
of an Imperial pilot sighting
American carriers for the first time.
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 14 May 2018, 12:29
by SivaRamanathan
B
Good snapshot poem.What about 'I see' which will have more impact?
S
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 14 May 2018, 18:38
by BobBradshaw
Another gem... lovely images handled with deft understatement
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 15 May 2018, 01:07
by Kenneth2816
Very nice. Love the muted reference of 12/41
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 17 May 2018, 01:02
by Bernie01
La Wally---two versions:
Maria Callas---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKpYnMMKKM
and from French big ht film, Diva:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKpYnMMKKM
"...then I will go away...as far as the echo from the church bell...
and here, the woman that inspired my Japanese umbrella lady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3DWrfVHIU
2008
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Posted: 18 May 2018, 22:27
by FranktheFrank
Great poem.
What else to say.