12 Poems Of Joy – I
Below is the 1st of a 13-piece series called "12 Poems Of Joy". A new installment will appear each Wednesday, Friday, and Monday over the next month.Send questions/inquiries to "12…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 5
The Japanese master of feline versifications, Hanatō Fukui (1650 - 1730), is revered the world over.Here are three of his Haiku that became very popular in Russia in the late…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 4
Today, more astounding verse by the Haiku master Hanatō Fukui (1650 - 1730), from the new translation by Trini Savitch. Three days, no shaving. White cat rubs my drunken…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 3
When the great Haiku master Hanatō Fukui (1650 - 1713) left Edo (now Tokyo) for a summer to visit acquaintances in Kyoto, he composed some of his most moving and…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 2
Today, we feature more excerpts from "The Edo Cat Haikus" by the 17th century master, Hanatō Fukui:You are a vampire!Folks tell lies, say you're a cat.Pelt you with garlic.---Last night…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus
Many people the world over revere the Japanese poet Bashō (1644 - 1694), master of the Haiku. Bashō was to the Haiku what Shake-speare was to the sonnet - in…
Psalm To A Giant Caterpillar
Psalm To A Giant CaterpillarO, Giant Cat, you crush things really well,so mighty and so strong are you.You crush things, crush things, crush things.I like the way you crush things.Many…
Spartan Son
The Spartan SonCradling it to his belly - to where a womb would be -the Spartan Son held it still,concealing it in clothing.His Father smiled down.Feeling whiskers dust him,the Son…
Sisterhood of Old Men
THE SISTERHOOD OF OLD MENAt a busy stop,the Sisterhood of Old Menwork on a pretty little boy:"You're young to havea sassy mouthlike that.""He's still too youngto knowwhich way is up.""Wrong…
Ichthyosaurs Feeding
I offer you the only - I feel quite confident in saying this - the only poem in existence about a pod of feeding Ichthyosauri. It appears in the Aug./Sept.…