hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.
Hibiscus [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Hot Springs [Haiku]
cool winter day:
clouds form thickly over
the hot springs.
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Stormy Shore [Haiku]
waves hit rocky shore
and spout a geyser that rains
like a mini squall.
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Fierce Creatures [Haiku]
city, nightfall:
the temple’s fierce creatures
turn nightmare shapes.
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Distant Stare [Senryū]
eyeing the mountain
like it’s defeated you once,
and may again.
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Yielding [Senryū]
the grass sways,
while skyscrapers stand stiffly:
so impressive, the grass!
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Gray Day River [Haiku]
Skirmish Line [Haiku]
rainclouds crawl nearer,
like a battle cruiser
inching towards war.
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In the Shadows [Haiku]
Morning Glories sit,
coolly, in the shadow of
Mexican Sunflowers.
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“Grass of the Ancient Plains” by Bai Juyi [w/ Audio]
Lush grass covers the plains.
One year it withers; the next, it thrives.
Wildfires burn, but not to eradication.
With Spring winds, it's rejuvenated.
Its aroma floats in to subdue derelict paths.
Vivid green overtakes the ghost town.
I say farewell to departing friends
as intense feeling swells within.
In Chinese [Simplified]:
离离原上草 一岁一枯荣
野火烧不尽 春风吹又生
远芳侵古道 晴翠接荒城
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