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Noguchi Ujo Folk Verses Collection: Volume 1Author: Noguchi Ujo

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Original Title	野口雨情民謡叢書　第一篇
Author	野口雨情
Genre	Modern Short Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	This collection weaves fleeting moments of rural life into delicate verses that hum with nature’s quiet pulse. A maiden cuts grass as a mountain cuckoo’s call lingers, its migratory path as mysterious as the unanswered questions whispered to silent skies. A mud wasp’s intrusion becomes a fleeting wound; a window frames mountains that refuse to speak. Through fragmented dialogues and songs, laborers till fields, toss dirt for goldfish ponds, and spin thread while sparrows gossip—each act a thread in the tapestry of seasons. Transience haunts like mist over Fuji or rain soaking tea leaves, while love flickers as dangerously as a demon slipping through life’s cracks. From moonlit shores to bonfire-lit harvests, the verses breathe with contradictions: joy in labor’s rhythm, sorrow in dried paddies, and wonder in a triangular moon over Ginza. Lyrical yet grounded, these poems invite readers to wander through villages where hearts shift like clock hands, and every rustle of grass holds a story waiting to be heard.