Sorrow Flower Poems

Safety, comfort, food and offspring
Is that all they need ? Could be!
Doggies bark, the birdies sing
Feeling happy, they can’t see
Anything that spreads disturbance
Evil species of...

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When I was in deep sorrow
Sunken in the ocean of problems
You came in my life
I planted you,and a different enthusiasm gained a momentum
I didn't know...

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The poetry of the sapphire in your stirring eye's
oceanic grace,
a strand of pearls on your regal neck of a
soft swan,
on a lake of symphonic dreams...

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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...

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Sometimes, when 
your sparkling spirit 
waltzes with me 
to the perfumed 
periwinkle grooves 
of saffron breezes, 
I'm lost in a forever gaze, 
within those 
flickering...

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Where burgundy pansies blossom 
Amidst pearlescent violet-weeds, 
Whirling medieval rose's ode, 
In moon's lachrymose memories....

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In my earthy, sad and waterless heart
I was caught in the trap of danger 

In this sea of ??passion, my only ship
Wrapped in your thoughts,...

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The breeze annoying trees entices me,
I drift away    afar to fields abloom,
with silver tongues untied their whispers free —
..ah, prairie-weed does burn...

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Written: June 20, 2023

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Last petal fell, waning mana of crimson yearns,
A withered flower grieves; its sorrowful tale discerns
Once vibrant and alive, the garden jewel was...

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A bloom of valor in the heat of summer 
 ushering me to the epitome of a deep inhale 
 she becomes by far my...

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				The Life-Changing Seasons 
Life is a staircase,
Problems will arise as we climb, 
Challenges brought anew,
Time...

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Cherry blossom swells my heart
Harks those that stroll on by
Each year I hear the same
Relish every word, 'tell me more' I cry
Rush of pride, fills...

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Someone will enter there each day
 as loved ones gather to say goodbye
 and there the departed will stay
 as sadness lingers in the sky

...

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Two tears fell from furious eyes 
Both of growing size 
Though one came first and the other last 
Both of them made a blast 

The...

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Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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