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| No, there is no longer a rant space here. instead, I will fill your head with Japanese Poetry! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! I'll brainwash you into glorious tanka-reciting machines!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! I mean, enjoy the poems. (I'll now keep old poems on this page from now on, as well as the original Japanese when I can.) A Sijo for 1-2-04 In dreams I yearn to come to you in a cricket's spirit. In this endless autumn night I'll spring into your darkened room wake you from your singular sleep, and murmer of my longing. -Pak Hyokwan Poem(s) for 2-21-2003 Bamboo growing Among the tangled reeds Like my hidden love: But it is still to much to bear That I love her so. Asajiu no Ono no shinohara Shinoburedo Amarite nado ka Hito no koishiki -Minamoto no Hitoshi Poem for 11-25-2002 same one on my front page Making no sound Yet smouldering with passion The firefly is still sadder Than the moaning insect -Minamoto Shigeyuki Poem for 11-9-2002 Like a driven wave, Dashed by fierce winds on a rock, So am I: Alone. And crushed upon the shore Remebering what has been Kaze o itami Iwa utsu nami no Onore nomi Kudakete mono o Omou koro kana -Minamoto Shigeyuki Poem for 10-16-2002 Gossip grows like weeds In a summer meadow My girl and I Sleep arm in arm. -- Hitomaro |