100 Thousand Poets for Change

27Jan14

It’s taken me long enough, but I’ve finally gotten around to uploading a few photos from the 100 Thousand Poets for Change event held in Kyoto last September.  You can read more about the 100 Thousand Poets for Change project here. From the top of the page (and not particularly in reading order):  Kiyoko Ogawa […]

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seven renshi

19Feb11

The other week I had the pleasure of meeting several poets in Kyoto for a shinnenkai party at which, in addition to plenty of eating and drinking, we wrote seven collaborative renshi (連詩) poems and a host of haiku (俳句) as well.  There are several ways to write renshi, which are often referred to as […]

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