Best Pines Poems

muddy, dying pond
green confronts cloudless blue sky
my dog sniffs and snoops...

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Whispers fill the air,
In the language of the breeze;
Spoken by the pines....

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Vague traces of mystic embraces,
Soft candlelight mirrors our faces.
The sounds of the waterfall as limitless
As our heated caresses.
Whisper, another time, you love me in my ear,
Your words rising to the to windy, starlit spaces.
Come, join us in celebration, 
Hearts waltzing in rhythmic palpitations.
Breathtaking you, breathtaking...

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6.   Matsukaze 

("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)

Despite 
the vigil I kept, night on night ... 
despite 
my spring purification rite ... 
paper streamers...

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In the flush of hot summertime, I took the scenic route,
Up a hill of pine trees, when all of nature was in fruit!
All along the fragrant path, I relished that winding road, 
Swept away by multitudinous colors, beauty had bestowed!

The dawn had grown so lovely,...

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3.   At the Cabin

("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)

(The Chokugan  =  a shinto prayer.
The priest is protecting himself from
the ghosts.)


BUDDHIST PRIEST
Do you...

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("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)


2.   The Beach, After Dark 

The coast has drowned in the gloomy night, 
but the moon shines. Two women...

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("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)

1. The Buddhist Priest

This was the day of the White Crane. 
I was walking from Kyoto to fair Kobe, 
and not...

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Long needle pines
chant in a gentle breeze.
I sit motionless.  Bathed
in the canorous drone,
feel the tremors
of life’s longing,
the ring of ageless wisdom,
sense the strength
of stoic serenity.
Would that I could take root
and join them
            ...

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5.  Murasame’s Story Concludes

("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)


MATSUKAZE & MURASAME 
(chanting in harmony) 
Pine wind, and autumn rain, 
women, sorrow: men, disdain! 

MURASAME 
As...

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4.   Murasame Starts to Relate the Story

("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)


MATSUKAZE & MURASAME 
(chanting in harmony) 
When fruit is ripe, touching it will...

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silence reigns
in the forest
snowfall
blankets tree limbs
all is calm and hushed
no chirping
of birds
nor wolf howls
moonlight
casts shadows
through the pines
north winds softly hum
a soothing lullaby
stars
gleam from high above




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skyline pines aligned
within the needles doves coo…
branches cradle peace
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Pines, my native line and birth
From you I came without a dearth
Pines, I shall call you with mirth
To you I return with my vision to unearth
Returning with unearthly wealth
Simple works I offer, not burn
Honor is yours, over my urn.
Toils are not made to harden one's...

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In the City of Pines, vendors are everywhere.  High and low prices are everywhere.  The once cool region of overflowing love somehow narrowed its space for the younger generation because of commercialization.
Commercialization, on one hand, helps.  On the other hand, synchronization is...

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