Osaka Poems - Poems about Osaka

Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Winter 2

...Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about winter, cold, rain, rains, frost, frosts, snow, snowflakes, wind, children, childhood, hail, hail stones, winter life. 

Mushroom-gathering,
rushi...

Categories: osaka, childhood, children, life, rain,
Form: Haiku

Osaka

...A perfect place
Clean and peaceful
Oh, Osaka!...

Categories: osaka, appreciation, beauty, inspiration, places,
Form: Than-Bauk

Cherry Blossoms

...
The cherry blossom over the Osaka River in Osaka city,
Keeps the castle overhead mesmerized in its beauty,
The pink and white blossom sparkle and shine on nice Spring Day,
Like the stars glowing...

Categories: osaka, spring,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Riverside

...part 2 of 2

8 No Love in the Heart of Town

Hot summer day
Fetty Wap heavy rotates
Done pretendin' to find a God charades
Besides feelin' not havin to try, nothin's changed
Jumped in 1 after...

Categories: osaka, 11th grade, deep, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Olympic Pressure

...Imagine being Katie or Naomi or Simone.
The world has expectations and it won’t leave you alone.
Your performances’ perfection has been touted and extolled,
So anything will be a loss if it won’t ...

Categories: osaka, people, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Prima Nocta

...12/17/20
"Prima Nocta"

No matter how hard I think
Still can't find the missing link

All night long I drink
I'm on the brink

No, I don't need a shrink
Or to consume more zinc
Trying to s...

Categories: osaka, addiction, dark, deep, sad,
Form: Rhyme

Ketchup

...A child scratches a spacecraft in the dust,
He does not call it a 'spacecraft'
because it is 1911. The Colt Firearm Company
has patented the first reliable semi-automatic pistol;
it does not look...

Categories: osaka, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Hello Kitty Bullet Train

..." Fantasy and economy on a one track mind "

Hello Kitty pretty bullet train
Lets go choo choo with you
Crazy fast from Osaka to Fukuoka
Pink and white inside and out
Purple seats are soft and ...

Categories: osaka, appreciation, beautiful, business, children,
Form: Free verse

Paper Swans

...singing
oriental songs that
capture
popular imagination.

Drinking cocoa along
the Yodo and
Osaka is far away.

The bullet train is real
it's the pain you feel
that may not be....

Categories: osaka, bereavement, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme

A Rose By Any Other Name ---

...Through the hushed whisper of the breeze
Flowing through the majestic circling pine trees
I sense that I have stepped
Into a sacred hallowed space

A GARDEN OF ROSES

A...

Categories: osaka, beauty, humanity, love, peace,
Form: Ode

Midori

...It has the sweet taste of honeydew.
This is liquor for me and you.
You can be in New York or Chicago.
You can travel to Osaka and Tokyo.
It is in bars and clubs wherever you go.
This is a spirit...

Categories: osaka, food
Form: Rhyme

Thank You

...Whether you are in Osaka or Tokyo,
the right thing to say is “arrigato”.
If you ever get stuck in Moscow,
“spassiba” will help you out somehow.
When you are in Mumbai or Hyderabad,
you can alway...

Categories: osaka, people, places, travel
Form: Rhyme