Rose Winter Poems

Mid-winter down south,
Climbing roses need pruning.
Blooms faded like youth..........

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These are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.

Autumn wind ...
She always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
?Kobayashi Issa translation by...

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CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV

These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love. 

Seeking a Mooring
by...

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I woke long before he did,
quietly slipped from his side
and donned his warm woolen robe.

As difficult as 'twas to leave him,
to have awakened him—
I'd never...

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Mayst tell them, though they leave a sacred land,
Where every inch with rich conception spanned,
With diligence, in Hades mayst they find
A path that to Elysian...

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not indifferent
even winter weeps
the loss of the rose




Posted on April 22, 2025...

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A clenching of our hands,  
A clinging of our bands.  
The sweet aroma of your strawberry-coated strands,  
Allow my capability to disarm...

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A Vine in Winter – 2-18-25
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A Vine in Winter

January wakes
Whispers with kisses of snow
In floating bits of crystals
Catching weak beams of sunlight
Glinting on Lovestones of...

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Post meditation,
assimilation
awaits; latent heat,
keeps spirit upbeat.

Soft petrichor earth
exudes bubbling mirth,
a heavenly scent,
ensuring ascent.

Mirroring a rose,
love strikes a coy pose,
be it rain or shine,
in a dance...

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A VINE IN WINTER

Cut back and trimmed to grow back in Spring
But soon there will be all those signs of growth
Rows of vines up the...

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Snowing-- a hiemal, deathly air
 Their frigid, frostbitten fingers hold nothing
  Uncomfortable silence washes over all there
   A petalless, thorny rose someone...

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WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN

 

- Suddenly, I awoke,

To the touch and feel of his able hands,

I rose to see a light burning ever,

Neither hot to...

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Somber slate clouds blanket the longing skies,
whilst wisps of snow paint the frozen ground below.
Ombre leaves barrenly speckle slumbering trees,
glistening sheets of ice coat their...

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Rainbow ribbons shadow white sofa, walls,
curtains. Pink rose and white snow.
Cockapoo’s desert tan.
...

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Raucous winds sweep pristine waves 
against gods' sepulchral canvas as
stagnant, sharp wings' frames rose from malnourished hearts;
ends of elongated crosses marked beginnings
of rotten, venomous roots...

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