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Kato Poems - Poems about Kato


Wabi Sabi
...Kato was a mutt-product:- breeding run amok No purity meant the pound of death-induction Only his adoption saved him from that inferno turning life into moments full of simply-perfect: Each su......

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Categories: kato, dog,
Form: Free verse
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 Yoa......

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Categories: kato, age, analogy, angst, animal,
Form: Haiku



Zen Death Haiku X
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU X These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Forbearing the night with its growing brilliance: the summer moon. —Tsukioka Yooshi (1839-1892) , lo......

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Categories: kato, age, analogy, animal, anxiety,
Form: Haiku
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 by Michael R. Burch It's......

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Categories: kato, age, analogy, angst, animal,
Form: Haiku
Thank You Dmx
...This hurts, although I'm sad you're gone, I want to focus on the time you were here I always felt inspired when I listened to you talk and had your rhymes in my ears Even when walking alone, your m......

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Categories: kato, death, grief, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme



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 may we compare it? To autum......

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Categories: kato, death, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Haiku

Book: Reflection on the Important Things