Archive for the ‘poetry’ Category
I’m currently in the middle of Typhoon Noru, which has been steadily dropping large amounts of rain over Osaka all day long. It’s a slow-moving typhoon, one that a friend of mine described as “drunken,” so despite the downpour there aren’t any heavy winds to rattle the windows. In fact, in addition to producing some […]
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cha
Two of my poems have been included in the special “Writing Japan” issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. The “Writing Japan” issue was edited by Kyoko Yoshida and James Shea, who discuss the process of putting the issue together in this wonderful editorial essay. So many talented writers have work in this issue, including […]
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Tags: Cha, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Goro Takano, Gregory Dunne, James Shea, Jordan Smith, Kyoko Yoshida, Loren Goodman, Mariko Nagai, poetry, Writing Japan, Yoko Danno
mikami kan, live
Not too long ago, Mikami Kan (三上 寛) – a folk/blues legend in Japan – came to Osaka to play at Imagination Pika Space as part of the Night of 1,000 Eyes series, curated by the serious and mysterious DJ Mike 1,000 Eyes. I’d seen Mikami Kan play once before in Kyoto in tandem with […]
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Tags: ひらく夢などあるじゃなし, ピカスペース, blues, Charles-Eric Billard, Dreams Open at Night, enka, folk, Hijiro Ichino, Hiraku Yume Nado Aru Ja Nashi, Jerry Gordon, Kan Mikami, live, Mikami Kan, Night of 1000 Eyes, Pika Space, Plastic Mantra, pop art, psychedelia, Shuji Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo, To Die in the Country, Yokoo Tadanori, Yume wa Yoru Hiraku, 壱の聖, 夢は夜ひらく, 三上 寛
Tokyo Poetry Journal (Vol. 3)
I’m very pleased to have a new piece published in the latest issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal, alongside fantastic work by Jerry Gordon, Jordan Smith, Samm Bennett, Taylor Mignon, and many others. “Hummingbird” is an essay about my father, Darrell DeVore, and the deep connection between his music and the poetry that he wrote, […]
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Tags: Darrell DeVore, essay, Jeffrey Johnson, Jerry Gordon, Jordan Smith, Samm Bennett, Taylor Mignon, Tokyo Poetry Journal
harps for David Meltzer
The poet David Meltzer passed away on New Year’s Eve this last year, leaving behind an infinite gazette of beautiful poetic delight. This first selection is from his 1975 book, Harps: HARPS OF BOLINAS 1. Late noon wind makes bamboo into harps. Wind rushing through tall green stalks. An octave reminiscent of skeletons. As far […]
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Tags: Blue Rags, David Meltzer, Harps
ocean moon and ocean mouse
憂ことを 海月に語る 海鼠哉 — 黒柳 召波 The sea cucumber speaks of its anguish to the jellyfish — Kuroyanagi Shoha Shoha’s seasonal haiku reminds us that the human heart contains the deep-sea motion of jellyfish in flight.
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Tags: 黒柳 召波, haiku, jellyfish, Kuroyanagi Shoha, sea cucumber, 海鼠, 海月, 俳句
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