Moments with a Kyoto Geisha

                                                                                                                           

Moments With A Kyoto Geisha

While rain tapped on the window,

meditating the previous year

of a geisha woman.  

It was in a Kyoto hanamachi

he'd first seen her.  

She danced in a way

that prompted a seductive nature,

things a geisha would never do in public.  

But, her eyes ...

sent shivers down his spine,

it was in the way she glanced at him. 

Her graceful movements,

elegantly as slow falling leaves,

delicate as cherry blossoms in spring.  

On her beautiful silken kimono

she wore vibrant asagao,

kaneshon and ajisai.

Yet, in his reflections of her,

one evening

the kimono slid off

~like a softly floating feather.

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  Japanese terms  

hanamachi - "flower town"{geisha district}

asagao - morning glory   kaneshon - carnation   ajisai - hydrangea

kimono - loose-fitting silk robe, tied at the waist with a sash

Author's Note

Thank you, Richard, for your direction.

Critiques welcome.

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Words beautifully and uniquely placed. Such a wonderful picture

[Relic]

Thanks very much, Emma. I appreciate your comment. :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Very tastefully seductive poem Really great job

[Relic]

Thanks very much, Cowboy.