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· Coruscated Confabulations: Oh! The Humanity!

· Marooned on Moloka'i: Coconuts, Dreams & Death

· Saunas and War Toys

· Falling Off the Mountain (poems)

· Santa Cruz Sargasso, Berkeley Fog (poems)

· U S Chemical and Biological Defense Respirators


Short Stories
· The Jade Compass

· A Plethora of Papas

· A Great Many Moons Ago...

· Catenary Roe, a tail (sic) of Old Monterey

· The Great Venuezuelan Beaver Cheese OODA Loop

· The Saint Valentine's Day Mass Accretion (a short story)

· Everything you know is wrong...(part II)

· Everything you know is wrong...(part1)

· An Arrow for Amaterasu

· Outdoor Bob and the leaf-blower from Hell...


Articles
· Field Notes on the Species 'Homo sapien'

· Iaido: The art of Japanese sword draw...

· Obesity: To be or not to be?

· And now a word from Our Heavenly Host...

· Joseph Pujol, Le Petomane, star of the Moulin Rouge (1887)

· NorCal Coastal Cold Water Reflections, 1989/2007

· The Gold and Azure Frontier

· We the Pimples... (or) a Child's Garden of Constitutional Verses...

· Welcome to Californication, suckers!

· Confessions of a 'Yellow Fever' afflictee...


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· Solar fire of the Heavens...

· Find her in everything...

· Petrushka's Remorseful 5-Year Plan...

· The starward path: A tribute to Laika and Gagarin

· Hair today, groan tomorrow...comrade

· Merely a turn of the wheel...

· Crush depth

· The Doorway, twixt Heaven and Hell...

· Puddle Worms

· Happy Saint Valentine's Day Mass Accretion

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· Marooned on Molokai (a Hawaiian travel journal)

· Local Writer Not Slated to Receive Steinbeck Foundation Recognition

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Bushido Lessons for Skilled Nursing Facility inmates

by Kalikiano Kalei — Read all 118 poems by Kalikiano Kalei

Being an aging samurai was never easy back in the pre-Tokugawa era. 'Kata' ruled every act of each day, even governing the act of moving one's bowels. And yes, old samurai had the same problems all aging human beings had and still have today, but in their case it was more often a metaphorical dialogue between REMOVING their bowels and merely MOVING the bowels...both acts were performed with equanimity while perfectly preserving function and 'shi-shi shikata' form.


Friday, August 10, 2018


Poem Artwork

 

Senior Samurai Haiku

 

 

1)

Moving from bed to O'benjo,

Dark mass of furry dog looms.

The night is long.

 

2)

Dinner served at the home,

Attendants move with ninja stealth.

Keep a fork handy!

 

3)

Geriatric samurai squatting

Over the O'toire, Katanta at hand.

Surprise ambush possible.

 

4)

Nocturnal prostate problems grow

When big meals weigh down bladders.

Eat lightly.

 

5)

Fragrance of digested rice and tofu

Wafts from under the futon cover.

Flowers from the pig sty.

 

6)

Under the kimono, muscles turn

To lumps of withered flesh.

Sagging breasts, also.

 

 

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Reviewed by Mystic Rose
Reviewed on August 16, 2018
smile, I have enjoyed your smart witty poem that reveals the humoristic side of aging. Thank God for aging and hail to the Samurai sword, thank you for sharing dear poet, loved your creativity. Hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings,

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 12, 2018
I broke down laughing. But as I age and encounter problems related to my spinal cord injury as well, I should sympathize with the poor old samurai. At least he is ready to fend off all attackers, regardless.

Someday we will see Tom Cruise portraying these haikus in The Last Stand Harakiri where he finally gets to cut it all out. ;-)

Ron

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on August 12, 2018

enjoyed the read and the perspective !!


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