The Merchant's Egg (マーチャントのたまご)

 This is my personal favorite of the poems I will be posting today, It is so lovely and sad at the same time. Enjoy!

The merchant is here,

selling his wares on the streets,

giving a fair price.

People come afar,

to view his mystical pieces.

Looking and chatter.

His shelves hold clothing,

Persian rugs and Chinese jade,

even crystal balls.

But the favorite,

a gold, jewel encrusted egg,

from frozen monarchs.

Interest from all,

but when someone asks a price,

he simply replies:

"This beautiful one,

is not for sale, a gift for

my only daughter."

More people stopped by,

and they still kept on asking,

and he still replied:

"This beautiful one,

has no price, for it is a

gift for my daughter."

So he sold his wares,

and packed up his caravan.

Heading off for home.

He arrived later,

to a solitary grave,

and what he said was:

"This little one, is

all, only for you, my one,

my only daughter."

Winter (冬)

Winter has come now.

Soft white snow blankets the land,

it's everywhere!

Frost covered mornings,

the cold air is beautiful,

but nips at my nose.

It brings death with it,

leaving only pines and firs.

All others go hide.

But there is still hope,

for the first buds of new Spring,

are on swift horses.

Flowers (花)

Do you know of it?

The things that are so many,

yet are so few?

Knowledge of the sorld,

seen shining in their faces.

Quickly fading by.

Their time is so short,

yet they accomplish so much

with their elegance.

No one shall forget,

How they have delighted them.

Never leaving all.

Delicately with

their smiling, beckoning

with their happy air.

How is it, You Think? (それがどのように、思いますか？)

How is it, you think,

that the wind can blow its course,

to such distant lands?

How is it, you think,

the seas that show their vastness,

can have such power?

How is it, you think,

that the mighty pines and oaks,

can grow to such heights?

How is it, you think,

that the largness of mountains,

can divide nations?

To the many men,

who have such brilliant minds,

How is it, you think?

IT'S BEEN A WHILE! (それは久しぶりです！)

So, sorry it's been more than two months since my last posts, I've just been so busy now that I'm at ART SCHOOL!!! Yeah so I am in art school as a first year student in the Graphic Design major (for now!) My current classes are: Intro to the Arts, English I (Yes there are English classes in art school!), 4D: Time Based Narratives, Graphic Design: Tools, and Drawing I: Real to the Imagined.
I've got a pretty busy schedule and have already had some major projects, so now that I have some free time, I thought I'd update. Over the next hour or so I'll be Posting some new Poetry I wrote recently, not all of them mind you just some of my favorites.
NOTE: I have come up with my own style of poetry! It's what I like to call Lyrical Haiku (Please don't laugh). How you do it is basically write several haikus (Say five) and write them in a style so that they go off each other, making a story, like lyrics to a song, sort of.

Please also note that I don't know when the next time I will be able to post is, so to anyone who actually looks at this blog (Which I doubt there are), I am sorry.