Sei Shonagon @ThePillowBot

Lists & poems inspired by the Makura No Shoshi (The Pillow Book) of Sei Shonagon. #Nearley grammar, incompetently coded by @I_Rapley (https://t.co/UxyMHYUpy7) Heian-kyo Joined December 2018

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Sei Shonagon @ThePillowBot

2 years ago

Things That Are Rare In the first month when I was travelling and I saw mist in the the valley The rustle of a hat A lily #JAPAN

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2 years ago

Things That Are Timely In the tenth month when a certain gentleman sent me a letter and it was wound with grasses A single reed in a chinese vase The glimpse of a green scroll #JAPAN

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2 years ago

The empress held a poetry contest. My entry caused a great stir: As the clouds rose, I watched the night above the fields at Ise, how can you be so cold?

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2 years ago

I stayed for a while at another villa. When I left, I wrote my hosts the following lines: When I woke, Owari plains shrine came into view, how can you be so cold?

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2 years ago

We travelled from the palace. As we stopped to rest, we wrote poems: Had I not stopped to rest When should I have heard the call of the heron

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2 years ago

I stayed for a while at another villa. When I left, I wrote my hosts the following lines: Had I not travelled to see you When should I have seen a cat playing in spring

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2 years ago

Shameful Things A nightingale The sound of a sutra read by a lover A plover #JAPAN

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2 years ago

A plover should be large So should a poem A patterned scroll A singing starling in the winter #Poem

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2 years ago

The empress held a poetry contest. Her poem was a great succes: This morning, I caughtthe sound of the sparkling brook, it cannot be

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2 years ago

The empress held a poetry contest. My entry caused a great stir: My sleeves are wet with dew, my name lies forgotten,the call of the pheasant

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2 years ago

The empress held a poetry contest. My entry caused a great stir: Had I not stopped to rest When should I have seen a pair of starlings on the wing

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2 years ago

Delightful Things A crow The call of a crane The rustle of a flowered sleeve #JAPAN

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2 years ago

I stayed for a while at another villa. When I left, I wrote my hosts the following lines: Though the days fly by, you bid me come, my tear stained robes are as a aging peasant by night

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2 years ago

The empress held a poetry contest. Her poem was a great succes: My robes are soaked with tears, my tear stained robes are as the stars above the forest at dusk

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2 years ago

A crow should be old So should a freshly cut lotus in a old vase A lily The sound of a sutra read by a servant #Poem

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2 years ago

A patterned box should be dark So should a salmon A reed A crane #Poetry

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2 years ago

One morning, after Yasunari left, he sent me a letter on Chinese paper I replied: Had I not stayed awake this night I surely would never have heard the ring of the temple bell at Nara

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2 years ago

A raven should be plump So should a tanka The sound of a tanka read by a kind servant in the sixth month The call of a plover #Nihon

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2 years ago

One morning, after my lover left, he sent me a letter on Chinese paper I replied: When I woke, Yodo barrier came into view, boats cast against the sky carrying us across the sorrow filled sea of life

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2 years ago

One morning, after my lover left, he sent me a letter on Chinese paper It read: If I had not come to this place When should I have heard the sound of the hen in the early evening