1. Japanese Tanka Poetry

2. Poem 1
I’ve gone to him by dream paths, my feet never resting- but it can never match one glimpse of him in real life -Ono Komachi

3. Poem 2
Spring rains weaving eccentric brocades across the face of the water- will they dye all the hills green? -Lady Ise

4. Poem 3
In this world there are many kinds of longing, but no longing to match the longing for one’s child -Ki Tsurayuki

5. Poem 4
As I look at the moon my mind goes roaming, till I live again the autumns that I knew long ago. -Saigyo