The ronin eats burgers .
Yakuza goes to cinema.
Sensei Deshimaru
makes seppuku
in the Jukai forest .
Inside the Fukushima reactor
some funny haikus .
A zero flies to Arkansas .
No clouds over Hiroshima .
Cherry blossoms in winter .
Meiji time comes to an end.
In front of Shibuya station
the faithful Hachiko waits for its master.
I love these pretty geishas
who always have sencha tea for three .
At the dojo ,hiragana challenging katakana.
On the mount Fuji the sky is blue
passes a flock of wild geeses .
Fujita drinks absinthe in a Pigalle's bar
with Toulouse-Lautrec.
And the empire of nonsens
is a burning rising sun .
I'll go to Kyoto ,to bow
to the great Buddha.
Chanting the heart sutra
and meditating in the shinto sanctuary.
I'll take a kokeshi doll's lips
and we'll lose ourselves
in the sagano's bamboo waves.
What if my madness was published
in the asahi shimbun latest edition ?
I love these cruelly distinguished people
Whose toilets are works of art !
Tokyo hanada international .
I'm flying to myself
Sayonara !
( Dedicated to my friend rin the beast )
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I don't know that much about America, but I was surprised at how much you know about Japan. Without love and curiosity, we would not be able to obtain this much information about Japanese culture. It's especially wonderful that you wrote a poem about kokeshi dolls. I haven't written enough yet. Thank you,You called me friend. We are friends!
Belgium! I wrote it in a hurry so I made a mistake.
You will definitely be resurrected. That's what a hero is.
Not really a mistake .I lived in north america (Canada in particular) And I am very interested in oriental(and middle eastern) civilizations .
Deeply rooted in culture this poem has a sense of cynicism and it comes through in the lines
The tone is intended to be light and unconventional.
A lighthearted look at the characteristics of Japan's deep and rich culture. It was a pleasure to read.
The japanese are actually great eccentrics !
im going to japan someday
its my favorite place on earth im trying to learn their language
It's a difficult language to write !
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