Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Autumn 1
...Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about autumn, fall, sea, autumn wind, harvest moon, dark, darkness, dawn, day, life.
First of autumn:
the sea and the rice fields
the same green hue.
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Categories:
lusciously, autumn, dark, day, life,
Form: Haiku
A Broken Soul
...Oh, my little angel, looking into your
eyes wasn’t easy as you always had
them closed,
Happy and peaceful as you enjoyed
your afternoon doze,
I wonder as I wander through this
busy world,
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Categories:
lusciously, angel, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
Americano
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"Americano"
filter-dripped
watered down
weak coffee
artificial
the mood
steaming diluted
swings lower, unfilling;
the wanting
lusciously dark
hot to the tongu...
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Categories:
lusciously, muse,
Form: Free verse
Roots and Resilience
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Written: March 08, 2025
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The silence keeps us apart—
quivering quietly near the cusp of dawn,
when hushed voices disappear.
It can be both tu...
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Categories:
lusciously, confusion, identity,
Form: Free verse
I Love Fat City
...I love fat cat city, I fit in so incredibly well!
This song was sung by Poindexter, friend from the dell.
Here it is okay to have lusciously large thighs and hips
We make fun of the teeny tiny cat...
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Categories:
lusciously, cat,
Form: Rhyme
A Summer’s Day
...A Summer’s Day
The mighty Sun was shining bright,
The skies are blue, and the clouds
white,
On lusciously green grass, picnics on
blankets spread out wide,
Under trees, everyone sat side b...
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Categories:
lusciously, summer,
Form: Free verse
underheld
...A shadow crossed the room
in the corner of my awareness
A cloud outside somewhere, probably,
but for an instant, I thought that motion was you.
Thoughts of you are casually intrusive.
Mayb...
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Categories:
lusciously, boyfriend, humor, romance, travel,
Form: Free verse
The Wonder of Trees
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From a tiny seed, a seedling grows
with hopes of becoming a tall and
sturdy tree.
Over time, with love and great care,
a beautifully vibrant tree is visible
for all to see
The lusciou...
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Categories:
lusciously, environment, nature, tree,
Form: Free verse
ME AND ALL OF HER
...From this far, my heart
fair far from here near to her thus she
Will know no other love
I touch her with the touch of such
A Master! Be leary my dear see I say
What comes after? Laughter?
Ye...
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Categories:
lusciously, allusion, beach, beautiful, best
Form: Alliteration
Romance In the Time of Crawling
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"Romance in the Time of Crawling"
We wait in hibernation
for the great release
into a 2nd coming maybe
a 3rd, a 4th, a 5th
it’s a joyful death
the pain on entry
whe...
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Categories:
lusciously, muse, passion, romance,
Form: Narrative
Chapter 95 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Just Summertime Birthday Celebrations
...The kid who often was lost in
The sauce Joshua! His
birthday was in June. He became
The strong silent youngster with
The youngest kids.
A small Celebration was held in
Josh's honor party ...
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Categories:
lusciously, birth, black love, children,
Form: Alliteration
Death In the Sport But Love For the Game
...Water the spirit of life. Rain
Washing, it drowns. And floods
The ground. Bemoan the dead.
Looks like leather seats. This
Luxury luckily Looming. Jet Black
black car assuming, lurking.
Then ...
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Categories:
lusciously, career, color, creation, culture,
Form: Alliteration
Chapter 18: Dolly Damian Molly and Polly: Love In Degrees
...Date: April 2026
The 1st degree is unknown
Damian and Polly had planned
The trip to the Copy Cat Club
For weeks with Dolly and Molly
The club was popping when
They hit the scene.
The ...
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Categories:
lusciously, beautiful, culture, fun, good
Form: Alliteration
Down Beat
...the causes i have lost
ever think the clouds
are hiding something
unfelt from birth
bounced around by atoms
grounded to beneath the ground
down
beaten like a beg
with no
rested pecs
Hero to...
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Categories:
lusciously, poetry,
Form: Free verse
My Comely Sweet
...Why I adore thee o beautiful?
Are you my soul-mate graceful?
When you walk gyrating thy waist
I just compose all verses best
Thy skin flaunts a glow gorgeous
Letting me to be just vivacious
Mag...
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Categories:
lusciously, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet
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