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Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Summer 2

...Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, trees, firefly, fireflies, cuckoos, rice fields, rice paddies, bush-clover, Iris, Irises, temple, temples, Japanese culture, light, daylight,...

SNAKESKIN

...MISTY as the powder of my soul
The demi-god of legend
Haunts like snakeskin 
Wandering my dreams
Igniting my being
Begging for your touch
Smoldering my loneliness

Forever...

SNAKESKIN

...Misty as the powder of my soul
The demi-god of legend
Haunts like snakeskin
Wandering my dreams
Igniting my being
Begging for your touch
Smoldering my loneliness
Forever...

A QUIET WEE HOUR CANDLELIGHT BREAKFAST POEM

...SITTING IN A QUIET LAKEFRONT PARK
LOOKING AT PICTURES OF MY MOTHER IN THE DARK
THE ILLUMINATION OF VIVID MEMORIES CREATE A SPARK
A TRUE HISTORICAL MILESTONE EXCURSION LANDMARK 

SHEDDING A RARE ...

Tears of Time

...T i m e stops for no one,
as searing seconds swerve
through seasonal squalls,
thawing frost that sleeps upon
the necks of onyx roses,
where pain is etched in skeletal sins~
across pruned plumes...

Remember Yourself

...
I have stood on every shoreline Earth could grow—
watched civilizations peel off like snakeskin,
hands red and raw, throwing words into the wind.
What was it, they asked, what was the answer?

...

mr cottonmouth

...sad and lonely inside, like a hollowed tooth with cyanide 
groaning and bemoaning about the market, the trade, the money in his bank, thats who mr cottonmouth is
a very rich man with a house in his...

Stranger in a Strange Land

..."I have been a stranger in a strange land."  Bible, Exodus 2:22

The compass whirrs.
North toward rock, south toward sand.
East toward ice, and west toward river.

Like a game of spin the bottl...

Snakeskin

...Snakeskin in my garden
About two feet long
Flimsy iridescent 
Not very strong 
Uneven texture
Pearlescent hue
One inch around
What can I do
Looking for it’s owner
Must be bigger now
Reptile...

Strip Before the Styx

...Charon demands us to disrobe
Sell your layers for coins
Some with less have more to trade
Better than becoming chained ghosts
Our suits and dresses tie us down
Being nude again will be sobering
...

Radio Chorelyst

...Zerrpossa.....Quite lovely wouldn't
you say so Lover?

Lover.....Quite lovely: quite lovely
but what is it?

Zerpossa.....It's the from a layered 
womans suit the long jacket is
beautiful isn...

Ode to Texas

...There’s not much to love in the land of
72 ounce steaks
Air-conditioned grace droning over
AR-15 soaked Saturdays
Remembering is not the problem these days

Rather it is forgetting that
Childr...

My Heart

...My Heart 

I am a glass half full 
Sometimes sloshing over the edge 
A temple for fireflies, sand dunes 
Water by nature, that cuts deeply 
Beneath the reeds, flowing fast 
Rapids, sometimes v...

Folk Guitar

...Attired in black and red tonight 
The way you sang was out of sight
Head and shoulders above the rest
Hands down you'll always be the best
The reasons why are clear to me
And to anyone with ears...

Soul To the Letters of Love

...
"Soul to The Letters of Love"



Dropped into a body
the vessel is a skeleton key
where waits the other being
holding 3 
in its own mind and han...

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