| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Tanka | | By Jun Fujita |
| | I A FRAIL hepatica | |
| Shyly holds its fragrance | |
| Beneath the fresh morning dew. | |
| So, Elizabeth. | |
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II The air is still | 5 |
| And grasses are wet; | |
| Thread-like rain | |
| Screens the dunes. | |
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III The storm has passed, | |
| The sky washed clear. | 10 |
| Rain-drops on twigs | |
| Reflect the moon. | |
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IV A sloping sand plain | |
| Fades into pale night air; | |
| A black tree skeleton | 15 |
| Casts no shadow. | |
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V The brook has gone, | |
| Left the lifeless bed behind; | |
| A lonely bird | |
| Seeks the water in vain. | 20 |
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VI On a country road | |
| An old woman walks; | |
| The autumn sun | |
| Casts her shadow long and thin. | |
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VII Across the frozen marsh | 25 |
| The last bird has flown; | |
| Save a few reeds | |
| Nothing moves. | |
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VIII Graves are frozen. | |
| A few leaves | 30 |
| Stood, danced | |
| And have gone. | | | | |
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