Tag: Akutagawa Ryūnosuke 芥川龍之介
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Nasal mucus; on the very tip of the nose, sunset afterglow still lingers 水洟や鼻の先だけ暮れ残る mizubana ya hana no saki dake kurenokoru (Akutagawa Ryūnosuke 芥川龍之介) * The verb kurenokoru refers to something being lit by the afterglow that lingers in the sky for a while after the sun has set. In the poem, the redness of…