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this is a phenomenal collection, both because of the poetry and because it's interspersed with the author's fascinating life story in 1600s Japan

"sleeping at a temple / with my true face / moon viewing"

"still I want to see / a flower in first light / a god’s face"

"if taken in my hand / it would vanish in hot tears / autumn frost"