Lillian here – happy to host today’s OLN (Open Link Night). That means you can post one poem of your choosing – no required topic, form, or length. Your choice!

While you’re thinking about what to post, I thought I’d share photos from our recent journey to China, Japan and South Korea. Tuesday’s “market” poem revealed photos from the South Korean fish market. Today, take a gander at some of the beautiful people and faces we saw. Click on the photos to enlarge: some have captions for explanation.

Many rent kimonos at nearby shops before visiting shrine areas.

We happened upon a theatre festival performance!

Note the difference in generations here: the mother’s lips are pursed shut. It is not polite to smile or show your teeth. Younger generations, her daughter and many youth we saw, no longer follow this custom.

LOVED this 86 year old man we met. He practised his English on us. He was singing out as a group of senior citizens were gathered to make music in a park.

Our guide hused us as we came across a traditional Japanese wedding at one of the outdoor shrines we visited. Very unusual in today’s modern times to have this type of wedding.

Young people having fun!

LOVED seeing a group of preschoolers out for a walk in the park to see the cherry blossoms.

NEW TO D’VERSE? Here’s what to do to participate in OLN:

• Post any one poem to your blog.
• Click on Mr. Linky below to add your name and enter the direct URL to your poem
• On your blog, please provide a link back to dVerse. This enables others to enjoy our prompts, multiplies our readers and thus the responses to all of our poems.
• If you promote your poem on social media, use the tag #dverse poets
• And most importantly, please do read some of the other responses to the prompt and add a short comment or reaction. Everyone likes to be appreciated! The prompt is “live” for several days – as you’ll notice by the comments you’ll receive – so do stop by another day and read a few of the latecomers too!