Ono no Komachi translations
These are my modern English translations of poems by Ono no Komachi.
Watching wan moonlight flooding tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi (circa 825-900), loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Poems about Rain, Storms and Weather
These are poems about about rain, storms, ice, snow, sleet and other forms of weather. Some of the poems are translations of the fabulous Japanese poet Ono no Komachi.
Dark-bosomed clouds
pregnant with heavy thunder ...
the water breaks
—Michael R. Burch
