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- Essays
A New Voice in Romantic Poetry
Seishu Hamano introduces a contemporary poet through discussion and selected works, considering the relationship between suffering and poetic expression.
- Poetry & creative work
A Place for Two
A short poem celebrates a shared place of ease where ordinary paths and days become meaningful.
- Poetry & creative work
Strawberry Begonias
A visit to a matchmaking shrine and two flowers growing on a stone wall express the wish to remain beside a loved one.
- Poetry & creative work
Humiliation
A poem explores the hurt of receiving kindness from someone who does not return the speaker’s romantic feelings.
- Poetry & creative work
A Vow Not to Complain
A poem links the decision not to complain with personal responsibility, independence and the choices one makes.
- Poetry & creative work
Flow of the Kinugawa River
A poem entrusts difficult feelings to the Kinugawa River, moving between tenderness, forgiveness and pain that remains unresolved.
- Poetry & creative work
Romance
A poem describes intimacy through silent glances, the warmth of a hand and the quickening of a heartbeat.
- Poetry & creative work
Fly through the Night Sky
A poem imagines flight over the lights of the city as a refuge from hurtful words, recalling the imaginative freedom of childhood.
- Poetry & creative work
Passing Each Other By
A short poem depicts two hesitant hearts whose shared feelings do not quite reach each other.
- Poetry & creative work
Scenery Yet Unseen
A poem imagines a future landscape shared with a loved one whose guarded heart remains difficult to reach.
- Poetry & creative work
Meetings and Partings
A poem moves from the wonder of an encounter to the fragility of unspoken affection and a grateful farewell.
- Poetry & creative work
A Hydrangea Called First Love
Pink hydrangeas after rain accompany a poem about friendship becoming love and the feeling of beginning anew.