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The Five Passions

At our poetry workshop we were told that in japanese "gojou" means the five passions - anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief, and asked to write a five line poem about each...  

 

I was moved
I was moved by all your bull
I was moved to rant and rave
and for what?
shite

Joy was your face the other day
your smiling
as you ran to me
sunshine in your hair
joy was that you met me there

Hatred is the frozen edge of anger
it's the burning heart of fear
a boat load of regrets
Hatred! I love you
Begone

How near the stars I wandered
looking for desire's
edge
to hone my frailty
to bring it home

All the wasted time:

and the dead cat
still spasming on the road
waving her tail to me
as she travels to beyond

  
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