Japan Poems - Poems about Japan

Casino versus Japan playing an American group I trace fingertips across my own neck is it weird if I just...Read the rest...

Praise and grace makes me love Japan Seeing the streets are so clean No trash and trash cans anywhere And no one eats while walking Totally different culture to Manila No discriminate picture of choices Temples and festivals...Read the rest...

Carpal tunnel twinges punctuate a torpid afternoon, as row on row we line the aisles and stare at nothing with the guarded anonymity of urinating men. My thumb is on the lever, moving almost imperceptibly, as marbles rocket into space and filter down through obstacles...Read the rest...

The long fun bantering conversations Eye to eye Lazer beams Side by side In the crowd Walking into the evening glow Over the glasses of umerock and namachuu The smooth and calm sway of the train Our reflections in the window Talking until there...Read the rest...

'I'm thinking positive thoughts,' says the voice from an orange tent in Suicide Forest. Since he hanged his alter ego in effigy, Mr T. Hashimoto has canceled all his psychiatric appointments. He lies on his back and mentally calculates his cortisol level. His...Read the rest...

Truth in Japan: True gentleman Don't have game plan....Read the rest...

Light fades, drums serenade Curtains drawn, swords displayed. Kin of Daimyo cheer on Samurai In their artistic display of kung foolery. Time fades, Meiji Restoration came Like daybreak, a new Japan made. The sun...Read the rest...

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jovial Dr Jekyll played for juvenile Justice a just jaspered journey jokingly jumped...Read the rest...

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Having seen the moon I can bid this planet farewell. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The moon settled in...Read the rest...

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE How alarming: her scarlet fingernails tending the white chrysanthemums! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation...Read the rest...

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Because morning glories held my well-bucket hostage I went begging for water! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....Read the rest...

Snail travels to Japan in the fanciest way We see him traveling, he’s cutesy today He is wearing a camera around his neck. He stops to give the emperor a genuflect. His hat is from Australia, his eyeglasses from...Read the rest...

In the wind, I hear her laugh, A nervous giggle – so sweet and wild. On the night, skies soft and bright, Quivering with stars, lit by a spark from God. In the leaves, I hear her and remember… Just...Read the rest...

Dull clouds are backdrop for another dreary day Glancing around, he sets off on his daily walk Tree umbrellas cast dark shadows across woodland floors Mist swirls around trunks, glides across glades He walks on as shafts of...Read the rest...

Ono no Komachi Translations These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi… "It's over!" Your words drizzle like dismal rains, bringing tears, as I wilt with my years. —Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael...Read the rest...