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- Poetry & creative work
My Mood
A brief poem traces how a loved one’s small gestures can change the speaker’s mood.
- Poetry & creative work
An Old-Fashioned Woman
Hand-knitted birthday gloves become a tender and awkward attempt to express feelings that words cannot convey.
- Poetry & creative work
The Person at Dusk
A remembered walk and bus stop evoke a lost companion whose sadness the speaker feels he failed to understand.
- Poetry & creative work
A Woman Living with a Lonely Rabbit
A woman and her rabbit share a small room, while dreams and the moon soften a lonely year’s end.
- Poetry & creative work
The Sun and Moon Know
A poem imagines the sun and moon witnessing hidden pain as the speaker struggles toward openness and self-respect.
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A Rainbow Bridge in My Own Colours
A poem celebrates making what does not yet exist and finding an individual voice through imagination.
- Poetry & creative work
On a Christmas Street Corner
A familiar scent in a Christmas crowd brings back a lost relationship before the cold returns the speaker to the present.
- 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.
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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.