Tags
choka, Full Moon, Genji, liana, Moonflower, Murasaki Shikibi, Shining Prince, Yugao
(Photo: Benjamin Graves, Sasebo, Japan:
Moonflower)
Liana, twilight
beauty, coy evening face :
a flower passed to
a shining Prince, on a fan,
by a frail, shy girl
in a shabby, cluttered yard,
in the full moonlight.
White as a glimpsed, pale forehead,
your fragrance attracted moths.
You opened yourself
to the evening dew; not
quite de-flowered, but jinxed.
Genji wiped salt tears on his
perfumed sleeve – to no avail.
Candia Comes Clean 