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War Japanese Poems

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

Defeating the Cosmic Yaldabaoth

1: Draw your sword in your house, with your thumb over your index finger, and plunge it into the wall to test your might 

2:...

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Categories: japanese, conflict, evil, hero, military,

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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Categories: japanese, angst, animal, death, life,

Hiroshima Poems 2

Hiroshima Poems 2

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
-Michael R. Burch, "Epitaph for a...

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Categories: japanese, bereavement, conflict, eulogy, horror,

Hiroshima Poems I

Hiroshima Poems I

Let Us Be Midwives!
by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Kurihara
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Midnight...
the basement of a shattered building...
atomic bomb survivors sniveling in the...

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Categories: japanese, child, children, eulogy, father,

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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Categories: japanese, animal, beauty, imagery, nature,

Sebun Nihonjin Okoku No Senso - War of the Seven Japanese Kingdoms

Sebun Nihonjin Okoku no Senso (War of the Seven Japanese Kingdoms):

Sebun utukushi okoku wa, senso o sengen shimasu (Seven Beautiful Kingdoms Declare War), Heishi no...

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Categories: japanese, dark, judgement, language, mythology,

Limerick Crochetes: Once Japanese Robot Lied About Its Age

Limerick: Once Japanese Robot lied about its age

Once Japanese Robot lied about its age
To an American Robot under age
	At marriage registry
	Paid haemophrodite fee
That night in...

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Categories: japanese, age, allegory, america, humor,

Japanese 10 Shilling Note At Kokoda In 1942

Kokoda Ten Shilling note.........................

Johnno had been out a tracking Japanese , in Kokoda's , misty green...
It was 1942, smell of death, slaughter so obscene.......
Suddenly two...

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Categories: japanese, wardeath, old, day, death,