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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
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
現実
Long for the
Sublime and ethereal,
But stuck in the
Concrete and material...
雨水
Warming south wind
Blows the waves around,
Stimulates the green things
Emerging from the ground...
Trap
Maneuvered into marriage
To him was a mild shock
He never heard the ticking
Of her biological clock...
Predictability
Strive to keep things
Normal and static,
Actions and habits
On full automatic...
Monday, February 27, 2023
2/26/2023
Up above the
Twilight evening glow,
Crescent Moon, Jupiter,
Venus, aligned in a row...
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Non-Static State
Tried to make it last,
But it all went by
Too fast,
Present always
Turning into past...
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Inquiring Spirit
The secrets to her success
And virtuosity,
Were discipline, timing,
And curiosity...
離婚
Post divorce,
Freedom and ruin,
Happiness ended
Way too soon...
Friday, February 24, 2023
At Long Last
Pandemic receding,
Light in the gloom,
Ancient rites
And festivals resume...
Tactical Adjustment
Instead of doing something rash,
Better to reflect, maybe defer,
Or just start over from the
Beginning, if you prefer...
The Horror
The orcs invaded
Across the border,
Defying international
Rules-based order,
And what followed
Was destruction and blood
Spilled in a frigid
Stalemate's mud...
Competition
The part of her
Which wants to think,
Versus the part
Which needs a drink...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
AI
Content on the web
More often than not
Produced by a bot...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Effects Of Friction
During middle years,
In a time undated,
Once bright dreams,
Faded, desiccated,
Replaced by the Zen
Of the onward trudge,
Steadily, stoically,
Through the daily drudge...
うみかぜ公園
Starlings in the treetops,
Gray winter sky,
North winds blowing
Cold and dry...
Monday, February 13, 2023
Mute & Pause
Largely absent from the
List of life hacks,
Is the need to just
Stop, breathe, and relax...
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Murphy's
All started well, according to plan,
But soon things went haywire,
As they will, or can...
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Turkey, 2/6/2023
Earthquake, and the building
Collapsed under its own weight,
The victims not knowing it was
A deathtrap, until too late...
空想
Head in the clouds,
Lost in thought,
Recently, it seems
To happen a lot...
A Bird In The Hand
As good as it's going to be,
Is what you've already got,
This tends to be true,
More often than not...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Below The Nettles
Micro-farming on
The stalks of plants,
Aphids herded and
Protected by ants...
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Early February
The nakedness
Of a winter tree,
What leaves hid in summer,
Now exposed, for all to see,
Knots and scars,
Peeling bark,
All brown, gray,
Cold and stark...
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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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