Poet: Ono no Komachi (9th C. CE) [translated by Jon LaCure]

"Ono no Komachi was a fine poet, but she was also a great court beauty whose love affairs became the plots of more than one Noh drama. Many of her poems used multiple puns (called "pivot words") to create complex layers of meaning."

Comments taken from The World Civilization Reader

Photograph and Image: Datura Flower, Canyonlands National Park, Ray Rasmussen. The Datura bloom lasts but 24 hours.