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| Original Title | 詩集夏花 |
|---|---|
| Author | 伊東 静雄 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | This lyrical collection weaves fleeting moments of beauty and introspection through nature’s prism. A swallow’s trembling song heralds arrival; a child’s sand garden becomes a stage for fragile life and loss. Dreams blur with waking—a phantom fire on a hillside, a mother’s silhouette against snow—as memories dissolve like petals in dusk light. Dragonflies pierce sunlit wilderness; lighthouse beams carve restless paths across midnight seas. Summer’s zenith brims with paradox: morning glories cling to shadows, storms ravage gardens yet stir defiant joy. Each poem pulses with quiet urgency—water flowers unfurl in cups, a colt gallops into April’s breath—capturing ephemeral wonders that haunt like unanswerable questions. Here, seasons are both sanctuary and elegy: ice melts into rivers, foamy snow whispers of roses yet to bloom. Delicate yet visceral, these verses invite readers to wander landscapes where sorrow and radiance intertwine, leaving echoes of "unspeakable" yearnings beneath the surface of words. |
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