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.
Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
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Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
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Good snapshot poem.What about 'I see' which will have more impact?
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Good snapshot poem.What about 'I see' which will have more impact?
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Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Another gem... lovely images handled with deft understatement
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Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Very nice. Love the muted reference of 12/41
Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
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
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
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Re: Japanese Woman, Page 17, Life Magazine 1941
Great poem.
What else to say.
What else to say.