Sea Japanese Poems
These Sea Japanese poems are examples of Japanese poems about Sea. These are the best examples of Japanese Sea poems written by international poets.
Zen Death Haiku Viii
ZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Had I not known
I was already dead
I might have mourned
my own
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japanese, age, allusion, analogy, angst,
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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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,
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,
Haiku Translations of the Oriental Masters
Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by
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japanese, animal, beauty, imagery, nature,
Inside a Japanese Garden: With Added Note
cherry blossoms fall
confetti cast to the wind
tumbling to the ground
orange koi swimming
summer rain upon the pond
lotus of soft blush
bamboo whispering
their voices sing at twilight
serenade the
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Categories:
japanese, environment,
Seashells - the Japanese Hotan Style
~Seashells~
(Hotan)
Seashells are pretty
They are very colorful
Can be found at the seashore
By the sea
Walking by the beach
There, they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come
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Categories:
japanese, beach, beautiful, color, summer,
Seashells - the Japanese Hotan Style
~Seashells~
(Hotan)
Seashells are pretty
They are very colorful
Can be found at the seashore
By the sea
Walking by the beach
There, they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come
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Categories:
japanese, beach, beautiful, color, sea,