Drifting Flowers of the Sea and Other Poems
Sadakichi Hartmann
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Sadakichi Hartmann was born in Nagasaki Harbor, to a German businessman and a Japanese mother. His mother died during childbirth and Sadakichi was sent to Germany to be raised. He arrived in America in 1882 and became friends with Walt Whitman. Sadakichi became an art and literary critic, wrote plays, short stories and several volumes of poetry. His poetry was heavily influenced by both the Japanese forms and Symbolist poets like Stéphane Mallarmé. - Summary by Nemo (0 hr 39 min)
Chapters
Instead of a Preface | 2:28 | Read by Nemo |
Nocturne | 2:20 | Read by Nemo |
Why Do I Love Thee? | 0:55 | Read by Nemo |
Why Do I Not Love Thee? | 1:09 | Read by Nemo |
Drifting Flowers of the Sea | 2:04 | Read by Nemo |
Immaculate Conception | 0:58 | Read by Nemo |
A Triloet | 0:41 | Read by Nemo |
Parfum Des Fleurs | 0:46 | Read by Nemo |
Twilight Hours | 3:14 | Read by Nemo |
Tanka | 2:22 | Read by Nemo |
Dawn Flowers | 2:06 | Read by Nemo |
To the ‘Flat Iron’ | 1:52 | Read by Nemo |
As The Lindens Shiver in Autumn Dreams | 2:47 | Read by Nemo |
Love by The Sea | 4:55 | Read by Nemo |
Sweet Are The Dreams on the Breeze-Blown Strand | 2:48 | Read by Nemo |
The Pirate | 8:24 | Read by Nemo |