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Cat Japanese Poems

These Cat Japanese poems are examples of Japanese poems about Cat. These are the best examples of Japanese Cat poems written by international poets.

Zen Death Haiku Xii

ZEN DEATH HAIKU XII

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops:
flashes of light
briefly illuminating the void.
—Ouchi...

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Categories: japanese, age, analogy, angst, animal,

Zen Death Haiku V

ZEN DEATH HAIKU V

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

A cat in heat
can't catch a mouse? —
pathetic! 
—Kinpu, loose translation...

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Categories: japanese, age, analogy, angst, animal,

Zen Death Haiku

Zen Death Haiku

Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch

Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch

As...

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Categories: japanese, age, autumn, bereavement, death,