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Tamura Ryuichi: The Inner Pathway
I believe what is most important for a poet is the point in time and place at which he discovers hi Read More
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Poetry Month 2015: Tamura Ryuichi
PERHAPS A GREAT POEM
by Tamura Ryuichi (trans. Read More -
Words for Japan
Melissa Allen has a wonderful new edition of her Across the Haikuverse series of blog entries. Read More
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Seeing Through the TV Screen to Japan Circa 1810*
(after Issa)
hazy moon in steamfrom the cracked nuclear plant—ghost-light passing through
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The Road to The Narrow Road
By now it’s no secret to this blog’s readers that I’ve been absorbed in Matsuo Bas Read More
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Unity and Disunity
Speaking of Bashō’s famous frog poem, Nobuyuki Yuasa writes: “On the surface the poem Read More
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Brief Hiatus…
I’m laying low for a few days, visiting family in Eugene, where today I picked up two journey Read More
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300-Year-Old News….
I just cashed in a book store gift card from Christmas (thanks, Joe and Esther!), picking up a copy Read More
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Knott’s Basho Gives You Get-Up-And-Go
Bill Knott’s various visits to Bashō’s pond are about as entertaining as poetry gets. Read More
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Presence and Absence in the Work of Shuntaro Tanikawa
What follows is an anti-review. Read More