tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37987434347879696762011-04-21T11:33:11.123-07:00JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-26416942934409180312008-01-21T03:43:00.000-08:002008-01-21T03:49:01.741-08:00A chill in the air;<br />The mountains are snowy white,<br />with crisp silhouettes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-2641694293440918031?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-89458456235474170002008-01-18T07:29:00.000-08:002008-01-18T07:33:42.526-08:00The leaves have fallen.<br />Snow whispers in the sunlight,<br />"Drink hot tea inside."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-8945845623547417000?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-50537183862910462692007-07-12T17:46:00.001-07:002007-07-12T17:46:43.158-07:00It rains all day long.<br />My umbrella is broken -<br />It still keeps me dry.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-5053718386291046269?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-35800506548985277262007-07-10T09:39:00.000-07:002007-07-10T09:43:56.339-07:00The voice of a friend,<br />We speak words that we can't write<br />from a far flung land.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-3580050654898527726?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-12896273607447244422007-07-05T09:16:00.000-07:002007-07-05T09:19:42.809-07:00I said "She. Not he."<br />The students said "He. Not she!"<br />I thought he was she.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-1289627360744724442?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-24509785851669486432007-07-02T20:59:00.000-07:002007-07-02T21:01:38.388-07:00A man fell asleep<br />On a train from Osaka -<br />leaned on my shoulder.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-2450978585166948643?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-14313822255388814852007-06-29T20:13:00.000-07:002007-07-02T21:09:39.901-07:00A silent eve'ning -<br />View the moon from a swingset<br />I swing for some breeze.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-1431382225538881485?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-22793040160213862302007-06-27T17:12:00.000-07:002007-06-27T17:14:47.553-07:00Hot, muggy and damp -<br />I cannot see the mountains<br />The clouds are with us.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-2279304016021386230?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-34725409878756864102007-06-26T08:55:00.000-07:002007-06-26T08:59:46.942-07:00Green travel chopsticks -<br />My new way to love the earth.<br />Shop with a cloth bag.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-3472540987875686410?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-64656279467923062322007-06-08T11:12:00.000-07:002007-06-08T11:17:53.775-07:00Gravel clacks under<br />small blue umbrellas -<br />dodge rain and thunder.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-6465627946792306232?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-50913484204170375592007-06-07T06:21:00.000-07:002007-06-07T06:23:53.828-07:00Separate the junk,<br />A Trashology degree-<br />Burnables today?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-5091348420417037559?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-7796826594656227242007-06-06T07:45:00.000-07:002007-06-06T07:51:28.566-07:00Twenty kids at lunch,<br />Chopsticks held in little hands-<br />Practicing English.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-779682659465622724?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-76273122780384643622007-06-05T05:37:00.000-07:002007-06-05T05:44:25.863-07:00Drive home through the town,<br />the mountain's sunset backdrop-<br />Stone grey ...then red ...orange.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-7627312278038464362?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-995695265523030322007-06-04T04:42:00.000-07:002007-06-04T04:55:07.873-07:00Is it sunny? yes.<br />Alphabet cherades and nouns,<br />Past tense verbs ...sung ...sang?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-99569526552303032?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-7376325837777786622007-05-15T19:47:00.000-07:002007-05-15T20:00:10.168-07:00Tears were shed in flight-<br />Hope sits patiently to watch<br />friendships continue.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-737632583777778662?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-11528476785660476502007-05-11T14:22:00.000-07:002007-05-15T20:00:20.909-07:00I'm her red-haired girl<br />Ohio to Illinois<br />Grandma knows my name.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-1152847678566047650?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-20451659097537173532007-04-12T17:26:00.000-07:002007-04-12T17:38:19.134-07:00Clouds hover above<br />Lightening brightens our faces -<br />Norwood is alive.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-2045165909753717353?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-16074068993637215182007-04-10T20:02:00.000-07:002007-04-10T20:03:46.680-07:00Puppy-Pants let one<br />while we were talking with God -<br />I <em>tried</em> not to laugh.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-1607406899363721518?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-9050918674944198452007-04-07T11:42:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:44:56.979-07:00I bought a ticket<br />that will take me to Japan -<br />I leave May fifteenth.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-905091867494419845?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-74476511536886093232007-03-29T20:40:00.000-07:002007-03-29T20:49:59.542-07:00Beneath an oak tree<br />Though his dead ears heard no sound<br />Life clapped, cried and swayed<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-7447651153688609323?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-90563465983523665432007-03-26T20:07:00.000-07:002007-03-26T20:14:41.229-07:00A friend runs with me<br />our words flow through the warm air-<br />Sleeping muscles wake.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-9056346598352366543?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798743434787969676.post-38592985806184627912007-03-25T19:27:00.000-07:002007-03-25T19:36:21.941-07:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mrv_LKeGcLE/Rgcwp4BtJDI/AAAAAAAAAAg/bFwctoanLmM/s1600-h/IMG_7335[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046055403464238130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mrv_LKeGcLE/Rgcwp4BtJDI/AAAAAAAAAAg/bFwctoanLmM/s200/IMG_7335%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a>Buds hold future shade,<br />Basil walks on greener grass-<br />Sounds of friends outside.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798743434787969676-3859298580618462791?l=japandypants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JapandyPantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540857519261906053noreply@blogger.com0