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, touch, nature, absence, angst, loneliness, solitude, understanding, distance, nearness
Bright autumnal moon,
but no matter how far I walked,
unreachable.
—Fukuda Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Bright autumnal moon,
but no matter
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Categories:
walk, absence, angst, autumn, loneliness,
Form: Haiku
On my walk
On my walk across the sandy beach I come across a beautiful shell, which only kings and queens and princesses would possess in their tall and grand castle.
An oval shape, was this shell. Its smooth edges curved so well, and as the sunset shadowed down on us , it began to shimmer and dazzle.
Holographic pink
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Categories:
walk, beach, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Walk Into The Light
Walk into the Light
Beginning with the eye:
One like a needle has,
And pierce into your mind.
Enter the Source where
Light produces Light:
Never returning to
This Darkness left behind.
Walk into the Light.
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Categories:
walk, analogy, deep, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
YOU WALK WITH ME
songer.co/song/k12a92cvpbnlwtu29mee3d6n
(based on Psalm 23)
Verse 1
I don’t need much — not when You’re here
You find me a place where the noise disappears
Grass under my back, sky overhead
And quiet water where I clear my head
Verse 2
You don’t push — You wait, You breathe
You let me rest, You let me be
Then You point out a path I can
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Categories:
walk, adventure, beautiful, christian, confidence,
Form: Lyric
Strength to turn and walk away
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"A realisation that no longer was it a duty to rid myself of pain but a duty to others, not
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Categories:
walk, pain,
Form: Rhyme
AN AVIAN WALK
AN AVIAN WALK
What a peaceful walk!
Palisade-treed-birds, echoing:
Ringing ears silenced:-
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Categories:
walk, life,
Form: Haiku
A WALK IN THE WOODS
While walking trough the woods the other day…kissed by a morning breeze
we came upon an overgrown path leading through the trees..
And I was reminded of a path like this one…we happened on while walking slow
on a day similar to that day…many years ago.
We decided to take that overgrown path…we had some extra time to kill.
when
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Categories:
walk, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Walk Like an Aztec Mexica
They say that love must walk through pain,
That fire leaves both light and strain.
To stand for truth may rip the heart,
But that's where the meanings truly start.
Wind shakes a lone tree, where forest stands,
A voice is strong, cupped in many hands.
The wise learner, through trial knows
That shared resolve is how wisdom grows.
Before the sun rises
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Categories:
walk, assonance, muse, song,
Form: Lyric
walk away
The life you created makes you cry out loud
Now an angry man you are alone in a crowd
Made terrible mistakes, there’s nothing to say
Just lower your head it’s time to walk away
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Categories:
walk, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
I walk silently away
mud dauber’s nest readily in sight
hanging out of chubby bird wind chime
if I knock it down, I will be attacked by wasps
anticipating their stings, I walk silently away
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Categories:
walk, animal,
Form: Free verse
A Walk with Father
He leads me through East London,
docks, pubs, among the stray dogs, the
River Thames lapping at low clouds.
We find the second-hand player in a street
where the shops are dusty holes under the arches
of viaducts and railway bridges,
Me carrying the portable Dancette record player
in its hard Bakelite box,
lifting it by its leatherette handle, and I,
small for my
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Categories:
walk, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Walk On
A ghost still lingering in my head, a shadow of what once was
Echoes of your voice, did I hear amongst them a mournful sob
I walk on, I walk on, I walk on
There is no point in looking back; I can’t change what can’t be
My heart is broken, but at least this broken heart remains free
I
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Categories:
walk, absence, beautiful, betrayal, break
Form: Rhyme
He Will Lead Me: full song audio
I'm standing by the mountain that reaches up so high.
I'm looking toward the heavens and asking for a reason why?
In the shadow of that mountain, I can't see my way through...
but I'll start climbing for the summit because I know I walk with you.
He'll lead me to the highest, he'll lift me and I'll
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Categories:
walk, christian, encouraging, inspiration, journey,
Form: Lyric
He Took a Walk
He took a walk
to see the view.
They found a sock.
A rose, he threw.
Blue was the sky -
the ocean, too.
He wondered why.
They found a shoe.
A bluff so high,
an eagle flew.
He could not fly.
His love was true.
A blood-red rose,
and then he knew,
and so time froze.
The tide withdrew.
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Categories:
walk, bird, death, flying, love,
Form: Rhyme
Traffic
We drive on the left
park in the driveway
and walk on the pavement
over here in the good old U.K.
They drive on the right
and on the parkway
also the pavement
over there in the U.S. of A.
It could be confusing to motorist
and pedestrian alike,
so where should we go
when riding a bike?
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Categories:
walk, america, car, england, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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