between tokyo skyscrapers
her brilliant white powdered face dazzles
fancy of a thousand samurais
charming dainty seductive
unobstrusive sakura
first snow in summer
all year spring song
between the clinks of sake
heartstirring samisen driven ditties
she cheers up globe trotting
samurais now armed only with wads
of yen for ammunition
geisha a fragrant night bloom
opens tokyo to its riveting and
colourful past
her acuity is sharp as
a samurai sword
mellifluous vocals and
and dance gaits graceful
as spring swans
she softens the staunchest
of hearts warms, lightens up
their winter years
converting jaded souls
to a new morrow
her poems, haikus, tankas and
ancient tales put back the
lost souls into the modern samurais
in suits and ties
between jokes and heartfelt praises
her fame grows
between their laughters, joy
she rests her years
geisha.......geisha...her dainty steps
echo in the hearts of modern folks
her knowledge of old and new japan
should scale the sky
john tiong chunghoo
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/famous-movie-poem-memoirs-of-a-geisha/
