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Poetry, Lyrics, & Doggerel, From A Six-Tatami Room, South of Tokyo, Japan
Random Rhymes From An Expat Living A Long Way From Home
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Agincourt
Knights shot off
Horses by arrows,
Like eagles
Killed by sparrows...
To The Other Shore
Divert, ignore, postpone,
But when it’s time, one
Walks across the bridge alone...
How It Happened
Things started changing
Precipitously,
Once monkeys came
Down from the tree,
And into the grass,
Two-legged walking,
And screams of danger
Turned into talking...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Heavy Science
The disgraced guru,
Despite intense meditation,
Failed in attempts
To achieve levitation,
Gravity defying his
Faith in mystic flotation...
宗教
Our need to believe something bigger’s going on,
Sensing holiness in certain rocks or trees,
Books, buildings to house imagined gods,
Created to listen to our prayers and pleas...
Monday, March 29, 2021
御彼岸
Equinox visit to family grave,
Cherry blossoms, quiet hours,
Wash the headstone,
Offer fresh flowers,
Sighs, tears, summoned
By memories’ powers...
Dead End
Her love, too jealous, brittle,
Broke instead of bending,
Bringing their relations
To a premature ending,
Irreparable, despite
The desperate spending...
Mea Culpa
Bow, say sorry,
Come clean, confess,
And you will be forgiven,
More or less...
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Grinder
Life will always vary,
As it can, as it will,
Slide down into chaos,
Push the noodle uphill...
Crazy Party
The hilarity started
When the hostess farted,
But it also helped a bunch
That there was
Vodka in the punch...
Hourglass Sand
Seconds into minutes into hours,
Days, weeks, months amass,
Euphoria, tedium, pain,
In no particular order, pass,
And I fight to find my
Footing in time’s morass...
Friday, March 19, 2021
せっかち
“Hurry up! We’re
Going to be late!”
Always seems to overrule
“It can wait”...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
チーズバーガー
Bacon double cheeseburger,
Fast conflicted food,
Tastebuds rejoice,
While arteries occlude...
Sanctuary
My world, four walls,
Ceiling and floor,
Protects from what’s
Outside the door...
Monday, March 15, 2021
Sub-Lunar
The moon crescent, a sliver,
Pale against the evening sky,
And its minimal shape moves
Me, but I don’t know why...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
啓蟄
Take notice of this lull day,
Cold and warm air mixed,
An in-between day leaving
Us footloose, transfixed,
Mild and motionless,
Winter morphing into spring,
Waiting for the warm wet
Chaos the winds will bring...
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Doggedness
Despite the fix you are in,
In spite of the fools you face,
Don’t give up, play to win,
Life is a marathon race...
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Momentary
Stop, think, for a bit,
I am now, this is it,
Aware I exist,
An instant
Easily missed...
Friday, March 5, 2021
Loitering
Mall walk, circular holding pattern,
Entering my seventh lap,
Wish she would finish shopping,
Wish I could take a nap...
立ってる釘
In Japan,
The norm,
Is to
Conform...
Ethereal
Mood shift, vaguely aware,
Caused by changes in pressure,
And humidity in the air,
Atmospheric influence
Over here, over there...
Monday, March 1, 2021
Reddit
So much information,
Nonsense nexus,
Insomnia inducing
Scrolling complexus...
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Image by Mark Harm Niemeyer
Far Out (By Philip Larkin)
Beyond the bright cartoons
Are darker spaces where
Small cloudy nests of stars
Seem to float on the air.
These have no proper names:
Men out alone at night
Never look up at them
For guidance or delight.
For such evasive dust
Can make so little clear:
Much less is known than not,
More far than near.
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