Japanese Tea Garden

Shelly BlankmanJanuary 2, 2020

Japanese Tea Garden written by: Shelly Blankman   She sits alone in the Japanese Tea Garden, this pocket of time, once an unblemished jewel nestled in...

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Bon Odori

Tim GardinerOctober 19, 2019

Bon Odori written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3   The Bon Festival of the Dead is the perfect night to search for the lost mask of Lord Masamune on ...

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What A Doll!

Cindy MedinaAugust 6, 2019

What A Doll! written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65   Delicacy of wood and paint captures Kannon's sweet benevolence.   NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: ...

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6 summer haiku

Paweł MarkiewiczJuly 24, 2019

6 Summer Haiku From Tiszaujvaros Hungary 2019 written by: Paweł Markiewicz   I seven hundred miles from home but a dreamy stork our rumination II ...

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Fushimi Ward

Alexa CleasbyJune 20, 2019

Fushimi Ward written by: Alexa Cleasby @Lexicon_Fuse   It starts with some words. So, you tell me a story. Soft shimmering storms, lonely years and ...

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A Love Poem To Tokyo

Cindy MedinaMay 9, 2019

A Love Poem To Tokyo written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65   I dreamed Tomorrow yesterday or rather - yesteryear The years rolled on sadly and increas...

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Sunrise

Cindy MedinaMarch 15, 2019

Sunrise written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65   Orange star pierces sacred mist; Shinto sunrise atop Mount Fuji....

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Fujisan

Genie NakanoFebruary 6, 2019

Fujisan written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini   you are mountain I am mountain too deeply rooted into 10,000 miles of earth...

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Itabu Station

Cindy MedinaJanuary 18, 2019

Itabu Station written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65   I could patiently await a train within your hushed and quaint blue walls.   NOTE FROM TH...

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Zuigan-ji

Tim GardinerNovember 18, 2018

Zuigan-ji written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3   gathering dust in the emperor's room sliding doors   NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Haiku compo...

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Matsushima

Tim GardinerOctober 21, 2018

Matsushima written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3   A pregnant moon rises above the bay, illuminating limestone islands. My boat weaves in and out of...

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Summer

A.S. CharlyAugust 2, 2018

Summer written by: A.S. Charly   Summer’s here, she’s lazying around at the pier, soft sand and sea dived in dusky red, dress up in yukata, fun and fi...

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Japanese Tsunami

Stanley WilkinOctober 5, 2017

Japanese Tsunami written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk   1. The surging water threw strange shapes, Waiting crows with stabbing beaks In the sky ...

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My Own Sakura

Joyce ButlerJuly 8, 2017

My Own Sakura written by: Joyce Butler @joycebwriter   I will kiss your face with Cherry Blossoms as you sleep. My own Sakura of Spring, they see me ...

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