Author: Alyson Richman
Cites
- Takamura Kōtarō (1)
- IN: The Mask Carver's Son (2000) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: O Notre-Dame, Notre Dame,
rock-like, mountain-like, eagle-like, crouching-lion-like cathedral
reef sunk in vast air,
square pillar of Paris,
sealed by the blinding splatters of rain,
taking the slapping wind head-on.
O soaring in front, Notre-Dame of Paris,
it's me, looking up at you.
It's that Japanese.
My heart trembles now that I see you.
Looking at your form like a tragedy,
a young man from a distant country is moved.
Not knowing for what reason, my heart pounds
in union with the screams in the air, resounds as if terrified.
FROM: Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain, (None), Poem, Japan