My single star is gone, the one
I like to call mine. Instead, a thick haze
of moonlight. Just as my mother did
when she was growing old, I sit in the darkness,
getting used to how little I can see.
Jim Moore, from 'Disappearing in America' in Invisible Strings. Found here.
Kou: Carved ivory netsuke in the shape of grasses by the light of the moon. Late 19th century. Diameter 4.5 cm.
In the V & A Collections.
Kou: Carved ivory netsuke in the shape of grasses by the light of the moon. Late 19th century. Diameter 4.5 cm.
In the V & A Collections.
