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Hokkaido Poems

Falling Sakura Blossoms

...In spring I watched the Sakura blossoms fall like
snow, landing in the waters of the Kushi Ogawa River.
See the beauty of the tall Japanese Crane as it fishes
along the edge of the water w...

Categories: hokkaido, animal, beautiful, feelings, nature,
Form: Free verse

Milk Bread's Nothing New!

...London's expensive new bread
Hokkaido Milk Loaf they said
but for ready sliced
a tenth of the price
I'll have Blackpool Milk Roll instead!...

Categories: hokkaido, funny, london,
Form: Limerick

Time

...I am pressing for time to conquer what is mine. I am pressing for time to meet with the divine. I can only be in one place at a time, and I am going to take my own time. I am not going to rush; I am ...

Categories: hokkaido, adventure, america, beautiful, business,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Eagle

...steller's sea eagle
perching on frozen birch tree~
stargazing at dawn 


17 March 2022

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Categories: hokkaido, appreciation, bird, sea,
Form: Haiku

Cold Hot Spring

...floodlights cast an artificial sun on slopes
voices of night skiers hang crystalline on still air
steam rises all around me  
white fire on water 
shrouding the hot spring 
snowflakes ghost acro...

Categories: hokkaido, appreciation, nature, senses, snow,
Form: Suzette Prime

Nature of Hokkaido

...Magic repertoire
of seagulls calling 'ha-ha...'
blending in with waves...

Categories: hokkaido, bird, imagery, nature,
Form: Haiku

Uni

...There once was a man from Hokkaido

but "the stories about him are greatly exaggerated"

a connoisseur he satisfied his libido

consuming anandamide uni...

Categories: hokkaido, appreciation, food,
Form: Limerick

Amelia Harmon- a Bio

...Amelia,
writer, reader, shower singer, kitchen dancer,
Sister of James,
Lover of family, friends, and a badly-named boy,
who feels the weight of the world, love, pain,
who fears bones, secrets, ...

Categories: hokkaido,
Form: Bio

Aino People

...
Have you heard of the people known as the Aino?
Their reduced numbers reside on the island of Hokkaido.
That is the northernmost portion of Japan.
Living in isolation is each woman and man.
...

Categories: hokkaido, people, places,
Form: Rhyme

Hara Kiri: a Letter

...This summer breeze
upon my menacing blade,
no kaishakunin, only emptiness,
empty mindedness,
unafraid

The Hokkaido seas
restless like a school child,
stir within my cup of tea
empty mindedn...

Categories: hokkaido,
Form: I do not know?