Tag: poems
member name: Jeff Tuthill
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October 10, 2007 10:06 AM EDT --
Here is my Halloween Poem for 2007. I hope it gets you in that scary mood for All Saints Day!
Breeze In The Boneyard
In the dread of night when most are dead asleep, . . .
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April 19, 2006 05:50 PM EDT --
This is an ode I composed about Okinawa, Japan. My former residence, my wife's birthplace and the home of our hearts.
In mystic lands far—Far East
Tropic of Cancer mapped.
Where wind . . .
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October 08, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
The soreness of each finger,
Pricked upon the thorns of time.
Bleed but a little and pain so much,
While each of us age past our prime.
Growing old may not assure a sage,
Yet ache of aging . . .
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November 30, 2006 05:39 PM EST --
(I composed this poem from viewing a photograph of a person staring sadly through a window.)
Darkly through the window peering.
Winsome choked by black refrain.
Shadowed sadness stoically searing,
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October 18, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
Tsunahiki Festival is a tug of war contest held in many villages on Okinawa, Japan. A giant rope consisting of two portions, one representing male and one representing female, is joined together to start . . .
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October 08, 2007 05:38 PM EDT --
Here is a poem I composed about a sacred memorial in Okinawa called Himeyuri-No-To which is referred to in English as the Cave of Virgins. It is the site of deep emotion and sadness for many Okinawans, . . .
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April 26, 2006 02:48 PM EDT --
A corridor to mystic seas,
Where waters rise like angry bees.
Then subside in calm with a gentle yield,
Serene and white as a cotton field.
The waters withdraw once more thru the corridor
And repeat . . .
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January 17, 2008 12:44 PM EST --
"The following is an acrostic poem that I composed for my beloved wife Mitsuko ."
M itsuko rose into my life
I n time to rescue me from strife.
T esting my resilience . . .
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April 24, 2006 03:32 PM EDT --
The majority of us on Capitol Hill
Are consumed by paper chases.
But when he flagrantly showed his will,
He fell quickly from our graces.
No other Senator could believe his gall;
What was this newbie . . .
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October 17, 2007 09:16 PM EDT --
(This is being re-published by request for allthingsjapan.gather.com)
Here is a poem I composed about a sacred memorial in Okinawa called Himeyuri-No-To which is referred to in English as the Cave . . .
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June 02, 2008 06:12 PM EDT --
Drops of sweat glisten in the sun,
Trickling down flushed-out cheeks.
. . .
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April 19, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
Some summers ago, my wife and I purchased cut sunflowers from a roadside merchant who sat before a field of them. The scene inspired this haiku.
spectacular field
of one thousand suns swaying
puts . . .
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April 20, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
I recently visited the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. While touring through and examining the artifacts, I began to wonder what happens in these majestic halls at night after closing time. . . .
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April 26, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
(A tribute to Jazz ... my favorite music)
The soft sweet sounds float from his sax
Like silver tones of moonlight on the
Glassy surface of a calm lake.
While the Prez pitches accompaniment
To Lady . . .
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December 29, 2006 01:14 PM EST --
In ancient Greece, millennia ago
The people of Santorini thrive.
Thera erupted in pyroclastic flow,
Leaving a mere fraction to survive.
It is said the great volcanic blast
Rose twenty-five miles into . . .
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November 02, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
The room closed in upon me like a collapsing cage
First sensation after inhaling mystical sage
Intoxication woven in gossamer layers
Shrouding me euphoric as if by primal prayers
Salvia summons . . .
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February 12, 2008 12:41 PM EST --
Nakajin Castle (Nakijin-jo) ruins are in the Nago region of Okinawa. Many Uchinanchu go
there to pray at shrines on the ruins site. I have visited there several times and have also . . .
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April 11, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
carried on the wind
pollination by the bees
new life is blooming
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April 17, 2006 10:44 AM EDT --
My beloved wife, Mitsuko and I returned from living in Okinawa, Japan to take up residence in San Jose, California. We flew back separately; I returned to the States in November 2004 and . . .
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February 14, 2006 11:27 AM EST --
Rooted in love and passionate spirit,
Named for a Saint persecuted in Rome.
For devotion put to death and not fear it,
A canonized Christian whose heart was his home.
Let us look to the past, to Valentine's . . .
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