Tag: poetry
member name: Jeff Tuthill
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June 17, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
alert piercing eye
striking blue with lavish crown
glorious peacock
( A haiku celebrating the magnificence of the peacock.)
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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, . . . more
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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 . . . more
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February 04, 2008 04:06 PM EST --
Flood falls from the sky
Gray clouds cry pouring rain
Sunlight held hostage;
In the darkness of my heart
Loneliness of a break-up.
The above Tanka is a traditional type . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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, . . . more
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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 . . . more
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November 09, 2006 01:09 PM EST --
Intense and quiet tones rustle in sunlight,
Captured as leaves, fallen from autumn trees.
A colorful death that's rendered so bright,
Scattered like slain soldiers, . . . more
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November 20, 2006 02:19 PM EST --
graceful junipers
play and bathe in bright sunlight
a calm sea of green
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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November 10, 2006 11:05 AM EST --
Great breakers of the sea crash upon ancient rock along the shore.
They dance playfully against the rocky coast in a winter's season.
Their dance repeated for centuries of winters that have turned . . . more
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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 . . . more
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