Kiri Poems - Poems about Kiri

...I was a woke shrink, I sadly write this verse. My patients came in bad shape, ended up worse. Today there was Cohen, who thought he was French. I told him either way, his privilege gave a stench......Read the rest...

...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 transl......Read the rest...

...For long bookcase-bound, Some books committed suicide. ‘Few readers were found’, The suicide note had decried, Sobered, the rest of books cried. The shock of the news Caused many in library ......Read the rest...

...My most popular poems on the Internet (II) A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a l......Read the rest...

...Dusk-gliding swallow, please spare my small friends flitting among the flowers! —Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch A bee emerging from deep within the peony's hairy recesses flie......Read the rest...

...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 tree —Matsuo Basho t......Read the rest...

...Poems about the Coronavirus I yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1 by michael r. burch plagued by the Plague i plague the goldfish with my verse yet another iffy coronavirus haiku ......Read the rest...

...yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1 by michael r. burch plagued by the Plague i plague the goldfish with my verse yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2 by michael r. burch sunflowe......Read the rest...

...Poems about Poets I The Wonder Boys by Michael R. Burch for Leslie Mellichamp The stars were always there, too-bright cliches: scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew as baffled poet......Read the rest...

...These are translations of some of the oldest Japanese waka, which evolved into tanka, renga and haiku. While you decline to cry, high on the mountainside a single stalk of plumegrass wilts. —O......Read the rest...

... Enemies won't spare those brave; by opting seppuku, chose to die never bothered. Seppuku was not to commit, ‘twas to perform, ought to befit ever honoured. Event was part o......Read the rest...

...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, trans......Read the rest...

...I was- suicidal when my baby died- possessed with death when my love left a name engraved buried deep and went into a dark pit running from life happiness was gone ......Read the rest...

...IRONY My joy that I wasn't born a Nigerian Is that my parents are Yorubas I would have been limited to Naira Mo dúpé pé mo lókó nílé (All thanks, I have a hoe) Mo láyò pé omo alápatà sá lèmi......Read the rest...

... I find you in an old silent pond, The imagery you've left will outlive all, With nature,your immortal bond You will stand like a kiri tree tall. You, the gem of haiku, Your name be e......Read the rest...