Tachihara Michizo
Nakahara Chuya
Hara Tamiki
Yagi Jukichi
Kawabata Bosha
Ishikawa Takuboku
Were all Japanese poets who died quite young
They are almost unknown in the West
I am a Japanese poet
I am an amateur poet
As I have never received payment
For my poems
I have no idea about the financial arrangements
Of the above poets during their lifetimes
They might have been paid
Or might have written
Out of love
As I do
I am not strictly Japanese
As my grandfather was an American
Therefore I have Eurasian features
Eurasian girls are some of the most
Beautiful in the world
It is a perfect mixture
Unlike other mixes
I am at home in Tokyo
I am at home in Paris
I am at home in New York
I am in your bed Riku
Please read to me
Before I sleep