Japanese Prints
Author: first_name: John Gould
last_name: Fletcher
Language: English
Year: 1918

<i><b>Japan</b><br>
An old courtyard<br> Hidden away<br>In the afternoon.<br>Grey walks,<br>Mossy stones,<br>Copper carp swimming lazily,<br>And beyond,<br>A faint toneless hissing echo of rain <br>That tears at my heart.</i><br><br>
John Gould Fletcher offers a brief history of Japanese poetry, as well as a short, yet vivid, compilation of his own Japanese-inspired poems. (summary by John N. Daily)