Hope

Today I am sharing a tanka 
written by the Heian-era 
Japanese female poet Izumi Shikibu 
around the year 1000.  

Stay well beautiful readers.

Although the wind
blows terribly here,
moonlight
also leaks between the roof planks
of this ruined house.
(personal photo)

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