Lost in a forest.
Rain washes away my tears.
Whispers – I love you
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 1/2/2017, Haiku #53 –
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Vanessa Hudgens Would Be A Top Choice For Lead Female Character In My First Novel
If I were ever so lucky to get my first novel published and made into a movie, a paranormal romance and suspense based in Hawaii, my top choice for the lead female role would be actress Vanessa Hudgens because the lead female character in my novel is Asian and Caucasian like her. Moreover, she would play the personality of the character nicely who is loosely based off of someone who was once a small part of my life.
To change popular culture in the United States to be more reflective of its diversity, it is very important for writers, producers, and entrepreneurs to develop stories, novels, movies, products, and services that share the unique cultural and ethnic diversity in our country rather than what we mainly see in popular culture in the United States today. It has gotten better, but it still isn’t truly reflective. I’m optimistic that commercialized story-telling will become much broader.
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Actress Vanessa Hudgens arrives at the Neutrogena Fresh Faces of Music Benefiting VH1 Save The Music at Jim Henson Studios on September 26, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Neutrogena Fresh Faces of Music Benefiting VH1 Save The Music – Arrivals Jim Henson Studios Hollywood, CA United States September 26, 2009 Photo by Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com To license this image (58494556), contact WireImage.com
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Guns Make It Easy
Guns make it easy.
Anger can pull the trigger.
It can’t kill your love.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/27/2016, Haiku #52 –
Leaving Flowers to Wither
I always go home,
leaving flowers to wither.
Love frozen in time.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/27/2016, Haiku #51 –
It Can’t Numb My Love
The sign says, “Escape.”
So I work like I’m running.
It can’t numb my love.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/24/2016, Haiku #50 –
People Equals Law
Their false statements hurt.
The truth will sometimes prevail.
People equals law.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #48 –
How Can I Love You?
How can I love you?
You live only in my words.
Yet you are so real.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #47 –
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Red Roses Are Fake
Red roses are fake.
They don’t know the messenger.
Seek the gardener.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/6/2016, Haiku #45 –
It Will Be Alright
A blue ball of light.
She grabbed my hand and kissed me.
“It will be alright.”
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/6/2016, Haiku #43 –
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You Will Always Be With Me
My breaths may be shorter,
but my dreams with you are longer.
You see, either way, you’re still with me.
Soon it’ll be my time to go,
but my memories of you will come with me,
so even though I’m not here, you will always be with me.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, December 6, 2016 –
[My friend Michael Oasay and his love for his wife Yvonne inspired me to write this poem. She told me how he was loving and supportive of her and her children for five years before they started dating. I thought that was so romantic, so I put it into writing in just a few minutes early this morning after I visited Mike at the hospital the night before. I knew Mike since I was in elementary school and Boy Scouts. His family and my family have been friends since our childhood. Mike is battling cancer, which is in a bad stage right now. Even though I know what’s before us, I’m hoping for a miracle. Mike’s such a wonderful person demonstrated by his unconditional love for others. I strive to be more like him. Please be kind to one another. I love you all. Love, Jon]
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I Will Pick You Up
In my low black car.
Sped by painful memories.
I will pick you up.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #42 –
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Please Launch My Spaceship
Those magnetic eyes
pulled me into emptiness.
Please launch my spaceship.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #41 –
Below is one of my favorite songs “Spaceship” by Comet Blue to go with my Haiku poem:
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That’s When It Enters My Head
Lying still at night.
That’s when it enters my head.
I stay up and work.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #40 –
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Try
It’s better to try and know, than to never have tried and wonder.
(Just thoughts going through my head)
– Jon Riki Karamatsu –
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Plant Our Seeds Now
Spring will soon arrive.
Like seasons, we will evolve.
Plant our seeds now.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #38 –
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Flowers Bloom and Die
Flowers bloom and die.
This may be our last chance.
Absorb its beauty.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #37 –
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I Can’t Stop Crying.
I can’t stop crying.
Tears are my fuel for my art.
I hope it heals you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #36 –
[I hope my Haiku poems and my novels when they go public, can help you to heal the pain in your soul and inspire you.]
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I Sleep to Seek You.
You exist in dreams.
You seem so real – Is it so?
I sleep to seek you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #35 –
[This Haiku poem was inspired by my first novel, which I’m still pitching to agencies.]
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It Hurts To Know You
It hurts to know you.
Everything has its reasons.
Learn from good and bad.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #34 –
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War Tore Me Apart
War tore me apart.
Anger took over my heart,
until I met you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #33 –
[My 2nd novel that I’m working on inspired me to write this Haiku poem.]
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Running and Writing
Running and writing.
My medicine, my escape.
Visions come to me.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #32 –
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Death and Broken Hearts
Death and broken hearts.
We all experience them.
Upside down feeling.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #31 –
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Cute as a Bunny.
Cute as a bunny.
You run circles around them.
Even a tiger.
-Haiku #30, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 10/10/2016-
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Anything to Win.
Anything to win.
In time, they will choke on words
that were painted white.
-Haiku #29, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 10/10/2016-
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They Can Only Watch.
Burst through their fire.
Relentlessly pursuit it.
They can only watch.
-Haiku #28, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 10/9/2016-
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Just Hold Onto Me
I can be your light.
Escape the lower 6 realms.
Just hold onto me.
-Haiku #27, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 10/9/2016-
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