Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Translations 4
...Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Translations 4
The next seven autumn moon translations are dedicated to Stephen I. Hsu, who suggested the Chiyo-ni poems to me.
Keywords/Tags: autumn, moon, bright, walk, ...
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Categories:
maru, absence, angst, autumn, loneliness,
Form: Haiku
The 80's
...Hammers, Slammers, Polly Pockets, My Little Pony, and Pogs
Back when my big sister collected frogs
Hello Kitty, Kerokeroppi, Badtz Maru
I'm bringing the 80's back to you
American Dolls, Cabbage P...
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Categories:
maru, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Captain James T Kirk
...Captain James T. Kirk
Captain James T. Kirk
Beat Kobayashi Maru
Genesis Project
1.10.2017©deborah burch
Form: senryu
Theme: StarTrek...
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Categories:
maru, allegory, allusion, best friend,
Form: Senryu
The Trouble With Nigeria
...When
The Arrow Of God is
No Longer At Ease
Things Fall Apart
The Voice of
The Enemy Within
Whispers At Dawn saying
Weep Not Child as
The House Boy named
Maru looks at
The Sterile Sky and
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Categories:
maru, africa, appreciation, books, dedication,
Form: I do not know?
So Far From Home
...So Far From Home
Under a curving shimmering blue fish bowl sky the small Patrol Torpedo boat cruises gentle summer swells in the distant Pacific, under summer skies torn apart by brutal bitter total...
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Categories:
maru, conflict, death, freedom, history,
Form: Free verse
The Trouble With Nigeria - a Poem
...When
'The Arrow Of God' is
'No Longer At Ease'
'Things Fall Apart'
'The Voice' of
'The Enemy Within'
'Whispers At Dawn' saying
'Weep Not Child' as
'The House Boy' named
'Maru' looks at
'The Sterile ...
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Categories:
maru, africa, tribute,
Form: I do not know?
Damn the Torpedoes
...Damn the torpedoes
Damn the torpedoes the Yanks did say,
When duds hit a Jap ship and fell away,
Firing pins weren’t working well,
One sub loosed 13 didn’t break the spell,
Just sometimes...
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Categories:
maru, adventure,
Form: Ballad
What Do You Need, To Be Noticed
...Am i just A convenience to you? I try and try to make you visualise the potential me and
you have deep inside. I sometimes wish that I pass your mind, so I dont feel so stupid for
always having y...
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Categories:
maru, lossbeauty, beauty, love,
Form: Rhyme
Broken Friendship
..."A friend in power is a friend lost" Lost I feel for we were once burning like the brightest
flames. We became so tied for not even a lie could make our hearts untied. Every time you
cried I stay...
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Categories:
maru, forgivenessfriend, me, pain, lost,
Form: Epic
Drugs Make Me Happy
...Remember when getting high was climbing up the tree, and we could see the sky and feel
as if I could let go and fly and never open my eyes having that feeling that I would never
die. Getting high...
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Categories:
maru, depression, forgiveness, loss, mother,
Form: Epic
My Birthday Wish
...I sit on the floor and wait from dusk to dawn, for a new day will soon be reborn. I count all
the blooming flowers, and count down the long hours, while mum takes her shower.
Today's the day, for...
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Categories:
maru, black african american, childhood,
Form: Narrative
Subjugation of Love
...Would you rather A lie which paints A faint smile to your face or be faced with the truth
which lakes tears down your soft smooth face. Or hurt inside, being pushed aside by
the one you love but ...
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Categories:
maru, confusion, depression, devotion, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
22-02-2011
...All the lives whom've died. All now lying asleep in harmony and peace but leaving this world
in agony. Innocent lives being pushed aside, like A tsunami passing by destroying everything
within th...
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Categories:
maru, sadlife, leaving, life,
Form: Rhyme
Heaven and Hell
...When I die Im gonna try and fly up to the place high in the sky, I can stop living A lie and
stop wasting the tears from my eyes after all those times I got left behind. But I know I'm
going to h...
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Categories:
maru, confusion, funeral, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme
No Point In Being Happy
...Im crying and crying but Daddy wont get up for me, he lays there lazy humbled asleep.
Wont anyone think of me? Mummy says, he might just be hungry, Hows A bottle going to
fix me? All i need is lo...
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Categories:
maru, brother, daughter, depression, family,
Form: Rhyme
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