The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Paul J. Curtin The Poetry of Robert Frost

The Poetry of Robert Frost edited by Edward Connery Lathem

But as Blue beeps along

New York Times

turned to the pen to ease their loneliness and isolation

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Paul J. Curtin The Poetry of Robert FrostPreface by Donald Keene Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) was probably written late in the ninth or early in the tenth century. Mention at the end of the tale that smoke still rose from Mount Fuji , a sign it was an active volcano, is an important clue to the date of composition, for we know that by 905 A. D. the mountain had ceased to emit smoke. Regardless of exactly when the tale was first set down on paper, it is the oldest