122 haiku for the great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
I formatted my work with three sections for each haiku. You will read the English, notice the Japanese calligraphy, and finally, the actual Romanization of the translation. The translation I use is from Google Translate and is to the best of my knowledge, the proper rendition. As well, you can copy the Japanese and put it into Google Translate and listen to it being spoken. A further note: the 5,7,5 format in English is not to be confused with the same syllabic order in the Japanese tongue.
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my sword is always
my soul leaps from its scabbard
in my self is truth
BEFORE DARKNESS FALLS Retails for 14.95 / but you can have it now for only 11.95 This is a book of poetry and prose that deals with real life issues that all of mankind comes to face. Some of the poems deal with the tenderness of love, while others s
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
