The lacquer, bleeds out
In the heat.
A starving victim,
Second sun,
With a horrid height to reach.
Charring stature, rise
To flame,
Inspire ash,
Incinerate.
Give all you have
For nothing in turn;
Do it once and then you'll feel
What it's like
To burn.
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Author:
Nicholas Browning (
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- Comment from author about the poem: "Moeru" is how you say "burn", "to burn" or "get fired up" in Japanese. It's the westernized spelling of it, not using the actual characters. 燃える is the proper form.
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You all in a heap? A heap of ashes?! lol.
Sometimes that's just how we feel lol
My sister lived in Japan for over two years .. I’ve never been there myself , wouldn’t want to . Sounds like a difficult language to even try and learn lol
I'm going someday. You bet your bottom dollar that I'm going in style. A suit, a tie, black shoes, the whole nine.
But yeah, in truth it is a very difficult language. I can speak it a bit but I can't read it xD
Yeah , I think it takes twelve hours to get to Japan from the Uk anyway . I’ve only ever learnt French and German but can’t remember much of it , at all .
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'Moete' even..
yeah the depth of kanji
of a culture, some
three thousand years
of unbroken, heritage..
utilised
to enrich your poetry, wonderfully..
thanks for sharing, dear poet
Many words for many different things
Ever so slightly
Obscured,
And altered.
Arigatou.
Another new word I have learnt. Thank you. Yes Japanese is quite difficult but my Japanese friends here are always happy to teach us new words.
Japanese friends are the best, though I have none. Thank you very much, Rozina.
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