Japanese Poems - Poems about Japanese

Japanese Beetles

Don’t be fooled, they carry 
nothing of the Orient’s allure.
These voracious beetles,
if they had the appetite, 
might easily bring down 
the loftiest sequoia.

Depraved sexual deviants,
they deflower helpless roses
in broad daylight; and, like
Medieval artisans of yore
turn hardy zinnias into
empty-ribbed cathedral windows.

Their shells are hard like 
scarabs, but charmless,
slicked with an iridescence
cheap and tacky like carnival glass.
Eager

orange japanese egg yolks

japanese chickens
produce for bright orange egg yolks
carotene diet

off putting maybe
salmonella neutralized
safe and edible

Playing Pinball

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 designed
to keep the management in business.

The captive of a chain reaction
freed from craving by acceptance
of the preordained,
I decompose, am compromised,
incorporated

A JAPANESE NATURE HAIKU

seventeen onji
phonetic not syllabic
seasonal tristich

It Is What It Is

Many believers find from faith in God that He is "the source, the force and the course" that leads to peace and joy and heaven. 
Bill Stafford on Romans 11:34-36

It is what it is; once death is certainty.
He was my night and day for forty-eight years;
as yet he's counted a dear friend among peers. 
No matter how

Shikata Ga Nai

Some things cannot be changed.
However, you need not react;
It is nonsensical to do so.
Keep your focus on the things you can change
And let the things that you cannot change go.
Take time to let them roll off your back
And stay peaceful.

Getting injured cannot be helped with cries or screams
And requires the positivity of focusing on rehabilitation.

Naturally,

Japanese Garden

Amidst the city's relentless pulse and roar, 
Lies a sanctuary, the Japanese garden’s core. 
Stepping through its gates, a portal to a dream, 
Into a realm where Zen's whispers gleam. 

Bonsai trees, like ancient elders, bow, 
Their emerald whispers, a silent vow. 
Evergreen sentinels sculpted with care, 
Stand as guardians in the tranquil air. 

A

Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 3

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 a flower-strewn stream ...
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Illuminating
my fishing line:
the midsummer moon.
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

With

Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2

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 by Michael R. Burch

Moonflowers blossoming:
a woman’s nakedness
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Moonflowers:
a woman glows
as she disrobes
—Fukuda Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation

Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 1

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. Burch

Chiyo-ni wrote the next poem in calligraphy on a portrait of Matsuo Basho.

To listen, fine ...
fine also not to echo,
nightingale.
—Chiyo-ni,

Japanese Melasma Cream

Use melasma cream
Refill nutrients for skin
Boost up self-esteem.

Female To Honor

Female Sempai, Geisha for her Man,
has not shed her feminine garb.
No replacement theology of female kimono 
designing of tailored and defiant underhand.
. Her graceful steel honor honored still. in your gaze Blossoms bloom in beauty’s shade,
Elysia dances in a blaze.
Silken postulance gleams like golden dawn, 
shining beacon of value borrowed form, 
from a garden of

Love Sedoka

When I first saw you
sparks flowing from heart- to heart
you mesmerized me my dear





when I first saw you
I knew I had met my fate
you were my forever love  

Japanese Flight 123

Shizumanu Taiyo
Japanese Flight 123 

[Verse 1]
They say you are a sun that never set 
I thought the time would never come 
Remembering the unremembered, forever without beauty 
Now, I sit and wonder what it would be like 

[Pre-Chorus]
Do I just pretend it doesn’t matter?
I'll forever be waiting 
The day will never end 
Cleaning the wound

Matsuo Basho - Haiku Poet

Matsuo Basho
My brother, it’d snowed so much
That the Sun had died.

Poems are vital
For a better Society
Du Fu is happy.

Su Shi is proud too
Yes, Poetry is important
For the Universe.

Copyright © December 2023, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.

• Short Japanese Poems
• Famous Japanese Poems
• Best Japanese Poems
• Read Japanese Poems
• Long Japanese Poems
• Japanese Quotes