Umu: Food is Eaten — A Poem

A famous lament on the human condition, loves lost, and the reciprical nature of our universe.

Na Muji
Food is Eaten

Na ti me’u
The shark eats the girl
Muji ti
The girl is food
Na na me’u
Sharks eat
‘Ara taw
A boy sleeps

Famous Haiku

The wind of Mt. Fuji  : I’ve brought on my fan :  a gift from Edo

by Bashō

Japanese does well with Pseudoglyphs because of it’s phonotactical structure: (C)V(V)(n). The native Japanese writing system is also a syllabary.

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