the Japanese beauty of Edo br she sat delicate in the garden; br she observed the cheery blossoms: br the beauty br the stillness br the quite br and br the blossoms faded almost days after br and the beauty - br O she too followed the way br of the blossoms; br and here I am ages after br and I long for the beauty br impossible to touch br and who sat in the garden br br br br br poem based on painting: br 'Woman seated under a cherry blossom tree' by Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861)br br Raj Arumugambr br