Sweet and sad

like love overwhelmed

with long sighs,

out of the depths of the willow

little by little

the moon appears.

                               ~Tosano Akiko*

5.1 mm f/9.1 1/30 sec ISO 80

6 mm f/8.5 1/20 sec ISO 80

*cited:

Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi