2017 JAPANESE POETRY
A collection of Japanese poetry
by Gypsy Blue Rose

traditional 5/7/5 haiku
Prologue
haiku (cerise somber dusk)
Posted January 12, 2017General / Poetry
887 views | 30 reviews
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haiku suite
Chapter 1
Broken People
Posted January 10, 2017General / Poetry
872 views | 17 reviews
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haiku contest entry
Chapter 2
haiku (rain ricochets)
Posted January 19, 2017General / Poetry
714 views | 2 reviews
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Happy Birthday Michael Cahill (mickey)
Chapter 3
haiku ( Clear Water )
Posted January 17, 2017General / Poetry
711 views | 19 reviews
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traditional 5/7/5 haiku
Chapter 4
haiku (white lotus flower)
Posted January 12, 2017General / Poetry
853 views | 13 reviews
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5/7/5 traditional haiku
Chapter 5
Guiding Light
Posted January 1, 2017General / Poetry
708 views | 15 reviews
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Happy New Year FanStory Friends
Chapter 6
Blood is Thicker than Water
Posted January 1, 2017General / Poetry
717 views | 22 reviews
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Redneck Pool Party! (a contest entry)
Chapter 7
humor 5/7/5 (Bubba and Luanne)
Posted March 2, 2017Humor / Poetry
898 views | 13 reviews
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A poem dedicated to one of my best friends, Douglas Paul
Chapter 8
haibun ( great egret )
Posted February 25, 2017General / Poetry
867 views | 19 reviews
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Ecobalance is urban's environmental effect. Pic is in Paris
Chapter 9
haiku ( ivy and skyrise )
Posted February 17, 2017General / Poetry
769 views | 21 reviews
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you may stop sound track below haiku
Chapter 10
haiku (samurai's blood)
Posted March 15, 2017General / Poetry
918 views | 17 reviews
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Indian Summer haibun
Chapter 11
haibun (king of nothing)
Posted March 8, 2017General / Poetry
879 views | 26 reviews
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artful haiga contest entry... is hard to live in the moment
Chapter 12
Haiga (Blissful Autumn Morn)
Posted March 7, 2017General / Poetry
960 views | 7 reviews
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For our Luna, may she rest in peace with her son Mickey
Chapter 13
haiku 13 (obscured by gray clouds)
Posted March 7, 2017Spiritual / Poetry
857 views | 16 reviews
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Jisei: the Japanese Death Poem
Chapter 14
jisei haiku (chilled to the bone)
Posted March 5, 2017Horror and Thriller / Poetry
1029 views | 45 reviews
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a moment in my life
Chapter 15
haibun (the railyard)
Posted April 16, 2017General / Non-Fiction
940 views | 24 reviews
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a contest entry about letting go of stuff
Chapter 16
haibun (moving means)
Posted April 15, 2017General / Fiction
1160 views | 25 reviews
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5/7/5 haiku contest entry
Chapter 17
haiku (old woman nods off)
Posted April 18, 2017General / Poetry
1078 views | 9 reviews
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For a friend
Chapter 19
haiku (seagull cries at dawn)
Posted February 7, 2017General / Poetry
748 views | 33 reviews
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4/3/5 spring haiku
Chapter 20
double haiku (magenta clouds)
Posted February 7, 2017General / Poetry
706 views | 13 reviews
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haiku suite
Chapter 22
River Walk
Posted May 13, 2017General / Poetry
936 views | 23 reviews
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a 5/7/5 movie review contest entry
Chapter 23
Pirates of the Caribbean
Posted May 8, 2017Fantasy / Poetry
1063 views | 13 reviews
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3/7/3 haiku
Chapter 24
haiku (Summer clouds)
Posted May 4, 2017General / Poetry
938 views | 27 reviews
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summer haiku
Chapter 25
haiku (outside in the heat)
Posted May 3, 2017General / Poetry
897 views | 26 reviews
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Hitcher and Gypsy Blue Rose Collaborative Tanka
Chapter 26
Linked Tanka (After the harvest)
Posted May 11, 2017Horror and Thriller / Poetry
869 views | 24 reviews
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Hitcher and Gypsy's Challenge. Please read author notes.
Chapter 27
Linked Tanka (Mom's letter to us)
Posted May 9, 2017Horror and Thriller / Poetry
898 views | 28 reviews
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a challenge between Hitcher and Gypsy Blue Rose
Chapter 28
Renga (After harvest)
Posted May 8, 2017Horror and Thriller / Poetry
880 views | 27 reviews
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a shasei senryu (observation)
Chapter 29
senryu (minuscule)
Posted May 2, 2017General / Poetry
929 views | 35 reviews
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haiku
Chapter 30
haiku (where lilies blossom)
Posted April 28, 2017General / Poetry
888 views | 23 reviews
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4/8/3 haiku
Chapter 31
haiku (after harvest)
Posted April 23, 2017General / Poetry
880 views | 24 reviews
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a lovers tanka
Chapter 32
tanka (harvest moon)
Posted May 13, 2017Romance / Poetry
863 views | 7 reviews
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haiku
Chapter 33
late winter snow
Posted July 13, 2017General / Poetry
684 views | 15 reviews
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double
Chapter 34
Haiku (reflections)
Posted July 13, 2017General / Poetry
684 views | 13 reviews
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haiku contest entry
Chapter 35
haiku (at the beach)
Posted July 7, 2017General / Poetry
1027 views | 14 reviews
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Senryu
Chapter 36
Senryu (he holds grandpa's hand)
Posted June 5, 2017General / Poetry
923 views | 27 reviews
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5/7/4 haiku
Chapter 37
Haiku (midnight thunderstorm)
Posted May 28, 2017General / Poetry
884 views | 22 reviews
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Traditional haiku
Chapter 38
Haiku (Cold spell in May)
Posted May 25, 2017General / Poetry
900 views | 23 reviews
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Haiku
Chapter 39
Haiku (Valentine's bouquets)
Posted May 21, 2017General / Poetry
881 views | 24 reviews
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A simple sashei haiku, an observation
Chapter 40
Haiku (weeds sway)
Posted May 18, 2017General / Poetry
850 views | 19 reviews
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