without changing colorin the emptinessof this world of ours,the heart of manfades like a flower.Tsurayuki identifies two powers of poetry I do not find in Komachi's extant poems. Both relate to the higher realm of the gods and goddesses, and again I do not find this subject matter in her poems.He cites poems 'Moving heaven and earth' and 'Waking the feelings of unseen gods and spirits'.In fact, Komachi expresses a view that seems to be nihilistic.
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