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

Soothing sound, Out of sight, Spring rain falling In the night…

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

Thankless burden of Worries we carry, Better to jettison, Or bury…

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

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...

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

Don't concentrate, Rather, meditate, In a chemically Altered state...

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...

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

So, yeah, why Negotiate, When you can Obliterate… 

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Right now, what is, Became what was, Time slips away, It really does...

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...

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

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