{"id":6300,"date":"2018-10-10T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2018-10-10T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:11:46","slug":"izumi-shikibu-although-the-wind-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/10\/izumi-shikibu-although-the-wind-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Izumi Shikibu – Although the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the wind
\nby Izumi Shikibu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

English version by Jane Hirshfield<\/font><\/p>\n

Although the wind
\nblows terribly here,
\nthe moonlight also leaks
\nbetween the roof planks
\nof this ruined house.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women<\/a>, Edited by Jane Hirshfield<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Manwathiell<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I have several loved ones feeling particular frustration and rage at how they have been treated after finding the courage to speak out about private traumas, only to be ignored and treated with contempt by a system that would rather maintain its fading myths than its heart.<\/p>\n

An excerpt of something I posted on Facebook a few days ago\u2013<\/p>\n

I try to remind myself that the greatest healers in the world are often themselves wounded in some way. The ways we find to survive trauma can open us to deep truths about ourselves and the world, unlocking hidden strength. We might, for the first time, find our authentic voice. Sometimes our job is just to cry out with such a great pure ache that the world has no choice but to stop and let its heart break open. Survivors carry the medicine the world needs, whether or not the world is smart enough to recognizes it.<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Izumi Shikibu<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n<\/td>\n\nIzumi Shikibu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Japan (974? \u2013 1034?) Timeline<\/a>
\nBuddhist<\/a> : Zen \/ Chan<\/a>
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Izumi Shikibu is one of the towering figures of Japanese literature. She lived in Kyoto and was an official companion to the empress. She married young, but scandalized the court by abandoning her husband to become the lover of one of the empress\u2019s sons. When the prince died a few years later, she took a series of other lovers before eventually marrying for a second time.<\/p>\n

She was a social rebel, but willing to be fully engaged in her life. And, like her personal life, Shikibu\u2019s poetry mixes elements of eros with the deep awareness that comes from Buddhist meditative practice.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Izumi Shikibu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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