Nature Japanese Poems
These Nature Japanese poems are examples of Japanese poems about Nature. These are the best examples of Japanese Nature poems written by international poets.
A JAPANESE NATURE HAIKU
seventeen onji
phonetic not syllabic
seasonal tristich
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japanese, poems, seasons,
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
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japanese, animal, fire, nature, night,
Ono No Komachi Translations 2
These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems (waka/tanka) of Ono no Komachi…
"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as I wilt
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japanese, beautiful, beauty, dream, flower,
Zen Death Haiku Iv
ZEN DEATH HAIKU IV
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
The moon
hovering above the snow-capped mountains
rained down hailstones
—Sekitei Hara, loose translation
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japanese, age, analogy, angst, animal,
Zen Death Haiku Iii
ZEN DEATH HAIKU III
Spring
stirs the clouds
in the sky's teabowl
—Kikusha-ni, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Tonight I saw
how the peony crumples
in the fire's embers
—Katoh Shuhson, loose
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japanese, angst, animal, death, life,
Plum Blossom Haiku Ii
Are you the butterfly
while in my dreams
I flit after Soshi?
—Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It's not at all anxious to bloom,
the plum tree at
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japanese, animal, butterfly, flower, innocence,
Plum Blossom Haiku I
These are my modern English translations of haiku about plum blossoms, plums and plum trees.
Picking autumn plums
my wrinkled hands
once again grow fragrant
—Yosa Buson, loose
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japanese, autumn, love, nature, spring,
The Japanese Garden
During the day or night
The floors are soft and light
I look as if in fright
And see the labor of my life
The pond to my left
The
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japanese, beauty, garden, joy, nature,
Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations
Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations
Air ballet:
twin butterflies, twice white,
meet, match & mate
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Denied transformation
into a butterfly,
autumn worsens for
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japanese, animal, death, earth, life,
Zen Death Haiku Ii
Today, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what
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japanese, death, imagery, life, nature,
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri
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japanese, animal, butterfly, death, earth,
Mirror Knight
fern bamboo lodge
calcium hurray
mushroom basket shush!
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japanese, animal, nature,
Heckle Day
element shrub decoy
patio whim
calcium glaze kestrel
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japanese, animal, nature, words,
Talent Foil
tea seed sport
wick fry
orange can loop
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japanese, nature,
Shallow Diameter
fog mutton weep
snare plume
lobster bleak maze
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japanese, animal, nature,