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Romantic Poetry Forum: Autumn, September 2023
A September tanka meeting record remembers the Great Kanto Earthquake and its aftermath, then considers how poems draw on other works.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, July 2023
A July tanka meeting record moves from reflections on artistic swimming to summer greetings, seasonal experience and the changing natural world.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2023
A June tanka meeting record reflects on the language of extreme heat and discusses poems of remembrance and everyday observation.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, May 2023
A May tanka meeting record considers changing attitudes to the pandemic and the importance of reading a poem’s clues carefully.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, April 2023
An April gathering in Kinugasa combines tanka discussion with reflections on the Buddha’s birthday and a local historical walk.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, March 2023
A March 2023 poetry gathering considers spring scenes and domestic memories, including poems that recall affection through everyday household practices.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Winter, February 2023
A February 2023 gathering discusses the seasonal name Kisaragi and the individual voices found in poems about recognition and daily life.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Winter, January 2023
A January 2023 gathering brings winter coastal scenery together with family customs and discussion of unexpected poetic perspectives.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Autumn, November 2022
A November 2022 gathering places anxiety about war alongside poems of family care, memory and everyday reassurance.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Autumn, October 2022
An October 2022 gathering considers changing names for public holidays and the expressive possibilities of sounds and word choices in tanka.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Autumn, September 2022
A September 2022 gathering observes the approach of a typhoon and the changing sounds of the seasons while discussing poems about family life and changing times.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2022
A June 2022 gathering reflects on returning crowds, an absent friend’s garden and the effect of spacing and pauses in a poem.