I have had a great contribution on Japanese stories, poetry and Ainu culture from Chie Sakakibara.  Check out her webpage by clicking here.  Here are some of the poems that she translated for me to put on my page (Thanks Chie!).
 

An April Morning

A skylark is flying to the moon
in the early morning in April.
The field is filled with pink milk vetch flowers;
the little pink flowers are all over the field
 

Being a Loser

My friend defeated me.
I was sad and lonely on my home
Even my shadow looked sad as if it were sobbing on the sand.
My sore cheeks remind me of the face of my angry friend.
The cold wind rubs my sore cheeks roughly.
I repeat to myself-he is the wrong one.
I hear a little bird chirping sadly.
My long thin shadow keeps sobbing on the sand on the way home.


A Crucian Carp

The sound
of a Crucian Carp
in the water
reminds me of the sound of
a lotus flower
blooming.
 

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