Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Friday, November 5, 2021

Haiku: 詩人は頭痛がする

 


The blank lane of trees

keeps getting longer today --

snowing on my mind.

木の空白の車線

今日は長くなり続けています-

私の心に雪が降っています。

the icy mountain
is not a concern of mine --
I live where it's green. 
氷の山
私の関心事ではありません-
私はそれが緑のところに住んでいます。

a dark citadel
full of windy noise and light --
blood on the popcorn.
暗い城塞
風の強い音と光に満ちている-
ポップコーンの血。


Slugs in my garden
frozen to green tomatoes --
more mulch for next year.
私の庭のナメクジ
グリーントマトに冷凍-
来年のためにもっと根おおい。

Small trash in the wind
down a derelict alley
burning dark orange
風の中の小さなゴミ
遺棄された路地を下る
濃いオレンジ色に燃える











Thursday, April 30, 2020

Verses from Today's Headlines. Minnesota. Unemployment. Trump. China. English Barristers.



Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs     NYT

What a giddy life have I/as a sneaky shifty spy/I make up all sorts of lies/for those White House Admin guys/If they want some China dirt/I will serve it for dessert!



Trump and Kushner Engage in Revisionist History in Boasting of Success Over Virus      NYT

Presidents and sycophants/remember not like elephants/They make their alibis so tight/that history and truth take flight/When they tweet and when they text/all their information's hexed.


How the pandemic consumed the labor market
Wapo

What job is safe from depredation/as we suffer as a nation/Blue or white, all collars fail/escaping from the pink slip tale/The only work that never lacks/is raising people's income tax.



In fast-warming Minnesota, scientists are trying to plant the forests of the future
WaPo

They're planting palm trees in St. Cloud/Duluth has a big suntan crowd/Pineapples now sprout/where once there swam trout/and ice fishing is disallowed!



Prodded by the coronavirus, thousands are making or updating their estate arrangements, but an archaic British law requiring two witnesses in person is forcing people to take drastic measures.  
NYT

Barristers must earn their fees/even with a dread disease/snatching clients right and left/They're becoming very deft/getting signatures despite/bars and walls and dogs that bite!