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231 items
- 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.
- Poetry & creative work
Driving with You
A poem imagines protecting someone whose hidden sadness the speaker has noticed, with a night drive becoming the beginning of a romance.
- Poetry & creative work
Our Love Forever
An English love song assigns voices to female and male singers, moving from fading affection toward renewed hope. A Japanese note explains its musical inspiration.
- Poetry & creative work
Angel of Temptation
A poem gives voice to attraction, uncertainty and the desire to draw closer to an elusive lover.
- Poetry & creative work
Airport Farewell
A departure seen from an airport deck becomes an image of distance, uncertain reunion and a shared sky.
- Poetry & creative work
My Love Became a Shell
A short poem imagines unreturned love sinking into the sea and becoming a shell, while still wishing for the beloved’s happiness.
- Poetry & creative work
Ten Poems from a Hospital Bed
Ten tanka and surrounding prose recount the anxiety of an unexpected hospital admission and the search for a second opinion.
- Poetry & creative work
Spring Ballerina
Spring buds waiting to open are compared with a ballerina preparing for a first performance.
- Poetry & creative work
Walking
A poem follows the steps from infancy to adulthood, reflecting on patience, parenting and the continuing effort of finding one’s way.