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- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, April 2024
An April tanka meeting record links late cherry blossoms and school entrances with poems about sumo, children and the use of personal names in poetry.
- Essays
Three Reflections on the Bedchamber
An essay examines the bedchamber as a setting for longing, calculation and self-reflection, beginning with the mother of Michitsuna and The Kagero Diary.
- Essays
Romantic Literature and the Inner Life
An essay contrasts literary depictions of social conditions with the intimate experiences of family, memory and spiritual life.
- Poetry & creative work
Women in Romantic Painting
A discussion of paintings of women focuses on expression, elegance and unsettling imagery, with four reproductions accompanying the text.
- Poetry & creative work
Romanticism in Ancient Sites
An introduction to four paintings of temples and historic sites, discussing their colour, atmosphere and sense of enduring history.
- Poetry & creative work
Petals
A poem follows a solitary walk beside the Meguro River, where falling cherry petals evoke lost love and words that linger.
- Poetry & creative work
The Scent of Plum Blossoms
Plum blossoms on a mountain path awaken memories of walking together, jealousy and the sadness of separation.
- Collections
Meguro River Dance Song and Love Song
An introduction and lyrics connect the Meguro River, popular dance songs and stories of love, with notes on the project’s collaborators.
- Poetry & creative work
The Vacant Lot
Memories of childhood adventures with an older brother return on the anniversary of his death, long after the vacant lot has disappeared.
- Poetry & creative work
Jun Kawada’s Manchurian Travels and My Poems of Life
Reading Jun Kawada’s Kasasagi prompts new tanka, poetic responses and reflections on travel, history and personal experience.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, March 2024
A March tanka meeting record opens with national parks and the preservation of nature, then explores the use of time within a short poem.
- Poetry & creative work
Thinking of You
A work alternating song and spoken recitation considers empathy, mutual understanding and the wish for love to be returned.