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Lyric Pieces CollectionAuthor: Murō Saisei
| Original Title | 抒情小曲集 |
|---|---|
| Author | 室生 犀星 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | This lyrical collection unveils a tapestry of fleeting moments and raw emotion, woven through the prism of youth’s unguarded heart. It whispers of snow-muffled winters in northern towns, where boys scribbled haiku by firelight, and summers along windswept shores where seagulls cried like unanswered longings. Between its pages, cherry blossoms blaze with transient beauty, rivers mirror unspoken sorrows, and memories—of friendships forged in twilight walks, of tender missteps and fervent dreams—pulse with a clarity only time can soften. \nThe verses carry the ache of boyhood’s sacred arrogance, where every sensation—a sprout piercing frozen soil, a snake’s sinuous glide—felt like a revelation. Here, nostalgia is not mere recollection but a living force: snow melts into spring’s restless stirrings, and distant travels etch themselves into the soul like ink on parchment. Critics and companions alike marvel at its rare rhythm, a blend of crystalline purity and storm-like intensity that mirrors nature’s own contradictions. \nFor those who seek poetry not as artifice but as a mirror to life’s fragile wonders, this collection offers a doorway—to seasons past, to loves both fleeting and eternal, and to the quiet revolutions within a single, trembling heart. |
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