Japanese Tanka Poet

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or poet:

    “I will be all things to you. Father, mother, husband, counselor, Japanese bartender.”
    —Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)

    “The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.”
    —Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)