Drifting Flowers of the Sea and Other Poems

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.

By : Sadakichi Hartmann (1867 - 1944)

00 - Instead of a Preface 01 - Nocturne 02 - Why Do I Love Thee? 03 - Why Do I Not Love Thee? 04 - Drifting Flowers of the Sea 05 - Immaculate Conception 06 - A Triloet 07 - Parfum Des Fleurs 08 - Twilight Hours 09 - Tanka 10 - Dawn Flowers 11 - To the ‘Flat Iron’ 12 - As The Lindens Shiver in Autumn Dreams 13 - Love by The Sea 14 - Sweet Are The Dreams on the Breeze-Blown Strand 15 - The Pirate