Poetry, Lyrics, & Doggerel, From A Six-Tatami Room, South of Tokyo, Japan

Random Rhymes From An Expat Living A Long Way From Home

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

夜雨

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Soothing sound, Out of sight, Spring rain falling In the night…
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Yearning

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Why is it So strong? That, for which I long... The slow burn, Soul ache, My unfed Feelings make...

Let Go

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Thankless burden of Worries we carry, Better to jettison, Or bury…
Monday, March 30, 2026

Looking at Tokyo Bay

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Morning ocean view, and waves Which undulate before my eyes, Ever shifting, static patterns, waves Which sooth, almost hypnotize...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Good Morning

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The struggle to emerge from sleep, Overcome gravity, meet the new day, Prepare to manage whatever Will come my way, Roll with the punches, K...

Somewhere in the Middle East

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Average, peaceful people, Dominated and cursed, For rule by radical Assholes is the worst. Freedom of action Restrained by the gun, Trapped ...

Influence

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Don't concentrate, Rather, meditate, In a chemically Altered state...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Hubris of Youth

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Youth is wasted on the young I was once told, By someone who was  Angry about being old, Or maybe not a feeling Of anger laid bare, But some...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

観光公害

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Kyoto, ancient capitol, Emperor of the Sun, Now a tourist magnet, Exposed, overrun…

弱肉強食

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So, yeah, why Negotiate, When you can Obliterate… 
Friday, March 20, 2026

How It Happens

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Sometimes, when you sit in front of Your keyboard, you kind of know, That something's going to happen, Words will just appear and flow, ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Let Go

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Only so many hours in a day, Only so much you can do, Let things go where they will, Over, under, or through...  
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Before The Fall

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We’ve got this! Everything’s under control, Was the power’s claim,  Dissembling and droll, Laugh through the tears, Bend over, and roll…
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Season's Lean

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Arrival of wet winds, Spring's precipitation, Result of change in Earth's Tilt, vice its rotation...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

啓蟄・Keichitsu

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Booming noise The thunder makes, Inside the earth, The insect wakes...

カラスの食欲

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Alert and agile, the Crows peck and eat, From garbage Dropped on the street, Jump up and fly When cars come near, The hungry crows Have no f...

Refuge

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Sit down and lean back, Breathe, relax, vegetate, Let the hurried blood Settle and circulate, In this room Where I hide, From the utter Chao...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Pre-Equinox

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He welcomes the continued winter Cold, hopes it will not leave, So much better than the coming Hot summer, a cool reprieve, He silently supp...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Recollection

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Alone, gazing up at The morning-after sky, Moving steadily, She stifles a sigh, While hanging her Laundry out to dry...

Bombs Away

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Ominous dawn, different From the day before, For then was peace, And now it's war...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

宅急便

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Suspended, waiting for The doorbell to ring, And that which the  Deliverer will bring, Must not move, Cannot leave, Stuck in place Until I r...

あっという間

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Right now, what is, Became what was, Time slips away, It really does...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

物の哀れ

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The old ones learned to understand, That impermanence is permanent, From the colors of the land, From the shifts in the air, As seasons chan...

SOTU

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Boast, proclaim, admonish, berate, For the longest time on record, To explain the Union's state...
Monday, February 23, 2026

天皇の誕生日

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Emperor's birthday, holiday, And parents, with legions of Kids, drive, shop, and play... Into the suburban mall They enter, pour, like I...
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