I hope this heart felt poem about a real event is worth a second outing as a
Magpie Magic. That tour with the Japanese cabaret show 'Tokyo by Night' in about 1971 produced drama, farce, (see Samurai in Cooma, posted June 2010) a lot of fun, much effort spent by both the Japanese performers and Australian musicians learning about each other and a few very tender moments.
Echko Namazawa
Stage doll of Nipon
Dancing through my
Nights of magic.
Body of grace and
Exquisite face were
Beyond lust.
But while I slept,
She came once unbidden
To my room.
Waking to soft hands,
I should have, but could not
Send her away.
Mooloolaba 2010.
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Ah....the 70's.
ReplyDeleteThe wild, free, wonderful and completely crazy times!
Mine was a tennis pro.
The kind of thing you can't explain.
ReplyDeleteDivine! :)
ReplyDeletea beautiful poem
ReplyDeleteand an ember
Ah Stafford!! You suffered for your art. Commendable. And your love child Sukiyaki Ray?
ReplyDeleteA captivating and beautiful poem about the tender moments that we never forget. You may be an ex-almost everything, but you are definitely a poet in the here and now! :-)
ReplyDeleteA tantalizing memory tendered to prose for an appreciative audience.
ReplyDeleteAhh, to have had such a moment!
Wow, what an experience :3
ReplyDeleteNice words SR.
ReplyDeleteLovely Magpie, of course you couldn't send her away. Great piece.
ReplyDeletespontaneous passion of the unbidden kind...just the best!
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy event!
ReplyDeleteSome ships should pass in the night. Others cannot resist the tide.
ReplyDeleteA different time and place. Beautifully written, this memory of yours!
ReplyDeletethis should be staged, man. like noh art, this comes so silent, memories so effacing...
ReplyDelete- noiseless patient spider
oooooo lovely !!! No regrets- since you did NOT send her away....Great Magpie!
ReplyDeletesent her away? and make us miss this magic?
ReplyDeleteOh, for such magical moments. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteYour Magpie's captivate and tickle me. And I'm still giggling at your comment over at Berowne's!
Very creative Magpie, I really like it.
ReplyDeleteSaucy!
ReplyDeleteOh, Stafford, we have to cherish those special times. I've had a few myself. I think they were better than my marriages!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...
ReplyDeleteMagical!
ReplyDeleteWoven into the ' Delicate Fabric '
ReplyDeleteOf this * EXQUISITE * little poem
Is the Magical World of Sensuous Dreaming
A Rare and Gentle Glimpse into * The Elixer of Life *
Through the * Eyes of The Master *
This is such a lovelylittle poem. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou caught the sensuality and the mystery. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, I can sense the exotic beauty...Great Magpie Stafford...bkm
ReplyDeleteWonderful magpie!
ReplyDeleteSigh - very nice. Better written than one of my romances, but still the same flavor of forbidden pleasure
ReplyDeleteYum-a-licious!!
ReplyDeleteDear Stafford Ray: A very sensual triste of the literary kind! Exotic exotica with much taste and finesse!
ReplyDelete"But while I slept,
She came once unbidden"
Very Lovely dream imagery.
Lovely..we should never send away beautiful gifts!!
ReplyDeleteprecious moments are vividly captured.
ReplyDeletevalid and fun style!
You RULE at writing poetry!
ReplyDeleteReally nice! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Who in his right mind would ever send a willing woman away? ( she'll probably kill that person...I know, I will).
You've gotta love it when that happens! Awesome piece.
ReplyDeleteI am happy you showed me here
ReplyDeletelove the tenderness of it.
and had to smile and agree with your last strophe