Long Fuji Poems

Zen Death Haiku

Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch

Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch

As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...

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Soon, the sun was lying low, a bright full moon was now on show
Santa switched on Walnut’s glow… “Ho Ho Ho and away we go.”
Walnut played along and led the team of reindeer and their...

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(oh, mercy ... )

amazing eye whites,
perfect and pure as glacial ice -
they draw me in,
like diving into a clear Caribbean lagoon,
fluid and cool ...
brown iris so dark in contrast,
that they're lost in the inky black...

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pitty-pit-pat, pitty-pit-pat ...

dark attic, echoing ... tenderly
rain on tin roof above,
her nana's voice, ages hence -
lives ago, really ... calling …

       "Little Tea Pot, Little Tea Pot -
 ...

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home again, jiggety-jog
oh, how kindly my castle welcomes me!
the pungent loves of earlier meals and my dear one's perfume
Je Reviens and Acqua Di Gioia

like manna for the sensual senses
a weary man dripping from a weary...

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according to wiki
the braeburn is “though to be”
the progeny of the
granny smith
&
the lady hamilton
now, don’t get me wrong
as a kid, i won’t lie, i enjoyed the granny smith
what with its unique, and if i might...

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Season of dream haze and arctic signpost.
Chill and chap brood whose scattered offspring plummet thermal values as welcome mat for “whiskered” chimney guest awash with bounty.
Thief of sun filled days without a twinge but that...

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Majestically they've stood since time had its start
rising on a cartographer's global elevational chart
Mountain ranges, wondrous works of God's creation
that eyes have beheld for centuries with fasination

Come along with me on this adventure as my...

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I traveled almost everywhere, growing up. It took years. The landscapes, flora and fauna, the art, music, cuisines and curse words all seem to blend together in my mind.

Mount Fuji, the Rhine, the Himalayas, the...

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MISS CARLINA 

Hey, dearly Miss Carlina,
your beauty radiates inner
and settles amicably on the outer.
Your vibes strike hard from distance,
And paint the colours of romance.

I welcome the allure your looks pose;
Joy is the fragrance your personality...

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Japan At War

Japan wages war
winds bring clouds lullabying
Mount Fuji to sleep.
            ***

Note:   
   Japanese political revolution ended the Edo period...

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The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

Morning and the fishers put out to sea,
With joy and farewells to their families,
Unaware today, they would meet with fate,
To fight for life with a giant rogue wave.

“Bend your backs to...

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Lead me to the island of the rising sun.
The place where Mount Fuji looms over.
Sakura blossoms bloom and fall like rain.
Where Amaterasu shows her face.

 Welcome me to the foreign island in the sea.
Where its...

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I've been privileged to behold glorious sunsets around this orb.
All so spectacular, 'tis almost more than I can absorb!
No artist could e'er blend oils to match The Creator's skill,
Nor with their most exquisite viruosity my...

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I've ventured far from Indiana, the home soil of my birth,
To many exotic and exciting places all about this earth.
I've seen majestic Mount Fuji from the Kanto Plain of Tokyo.
But I'd rather marvel at Pikes...

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It sat on Miss Ruth's desk, a sphere of intrigue and wonder.
'Twas a globe that in my reveries I'd gaze at and ponder.
It depicted marvelous vistas that seductively beckoned me,
And lit a fire in my...

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i'm standing on the moon
-starz are all around-
i also see the earth
purple, green, and brown

it shines on the horizon
mist comes from the trees
blue mountains in the distance
...man i love days like these...

hey-look at all the...

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I've traveled by plane and ship all about this celestial ball;
Visited many fascinating lands and intriguing ports of call.
I've done it all, seen it all and no matter whence I stray,
There ain't nothin' like livin'...

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Bike Riding

Once, I was able to navigate my sleek black Fuji racer, sitting arrow straight, pushing hard, and hands at my side. It’s amazing to think I was able to maintain my balance, down hills,...

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You somehow look as grown up as you are going to look, in that man's body.
Anthony.
A riddle of tattoos and feathered hair in cedar.
Leather, tailored pants and slim vests befitting European scholars with pipes, and...

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a day like
any other
day but X
on the monthly
photos of Mount
Fuji calender says
different

as circus
clowns with
painted smiles
juggle the day's
events for this yes
undecidedly different
day of days

finding myself
driving in non gps
directions but calmly
listening to piano waltz
variations on this very...

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Fall is the most beautiful time of the year for me, with its blushing  
Apples and fruitful trees dressed in zesty rubious healthy leaves with       
Luminous fruit hanging...

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Musical love

Our love forged on the Mount Fuji
Dining, wining and dancing to the beats of Garbage Fuji
Many times shot were we with the film Fuji…

We sit crooning to the songs of apala
Where the drummer frenziedly...

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You Exude Reverence and Silence
In your wedding gown you adorn the sky
Crisp and white, lacy along your edges, 
Wowing the masses year after year, 
As you wait for your groom.

Something borrowed, something blue, something old,
Blue...

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They lied.
Tokyo is not as crowded as people think.
I rode my last subway on Friday at 1:30 PM;
I was alone on that train.

Sixteen years old, half the world away from home, 
An entrepreneur.

Two months before,...

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