Meiji Poems - Poems about Meiji

...Light fades, drums serenade Curtains drawn, swords displayed. Kin of Daimyo cheer on Samurai In their artistic display of kung foolery. Time fades, Meiji Restoration came Like daybreak, a......

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...It has come out of academia, and gets some play in the media too, they cry about ‘decolonization,’ as if time is something they can undo. They all say it is wrong to go against this, and I have ......

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...IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXVIII IF you pull a long perplexed face You could be watching SUMO in Tokyo Bay Or reading this without a NIHONG-GUO dictionary in front of face Rather I'd sa......

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