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231 items
- Poetry & creative work
Waiting for Spring
A poem uses the wait for warmth and rain to explore an unfulfilled relationship and the fear of speaking honestly.
- Poetry & creative work
Because of Love
A speaker tries to let go of a relationship without erasing the affection and shared time that once made it precious.
- Poetry & creative work
First Snow
Unspoken affection is traced on a car window and covered by the first snow in a quiet winter scene.
- Poetry & creative work
Nikujaga
A meal of meat and potatoes turns a wish for praise into a quiet recognition of affection expressed without many words.
- Poetry & creative work
Seishu Hamano: Recent Romantic Tanka
A collection of tanka from 2021–2023 returns to parents, home, ageing, illness and the passing of friends.
- Poetry & creative work
Poems of Heartbreak
Two poems revisit shared wineglasses and winter afternoon tea, turning everyday objects into reminders of lost intimacy.
- Poetry & creative work
The Story of a Black Coral Ring
An inherited ring links grandmother, mother and daughter, bringing childhood tenderness into the present.
- Poetry & creative work
Love’s Quagmire
A short poem imagines sinking helplessly into a love that the other person may never understand.
- Poetry & creative work
Another Self Lives Alongside Me
A poem moves through fear and childbirth toward the sense of another life growing alongside the speaker’s own.
- Poetry & creative work
Separated While Still Alive
A poetic speaker recalls separation from three daughters, holding guilt, affection and the wish for reunion together.
- Poetry & creative work
In the Scent of Osmanthus
A chance glimpse of a former partner during the osmanthus season brings back affection and the recognition of separate lives.
- Poetry & creative work
Thanks to Others
A short poem expresses gratitude for the kindness that has sustained the speaker and a wish to offer the same to others.