Kazuko Shiraishi

Kazuko Shiraishi (b 1931) is a Japanese poet. She is considered a leading female poet of post-World War II period in Japan.

Wisdom & Quotes

• You went away from my heart

And I held on, loving you
But your tear stains spread
And spread, till the tears
Become a lake, and the lake
Engulfed my heart
That night, as I slept, I drowned
In my heart.
- Lake, Tonight is Nasty

James Earl Jones