Jan
28
How to stoke a flame
Like a draft, His chilling hands slink in through the cracks of our coils,
and husks us away. No coincidence
1 min read
Latest
Jan
24
Takuboku Tanka #1
はたらけど
はたらけど猶わが生活楽にならざり
ぢっと手を見る
I work
and I work,
but life gets no better;
I look fixedly at my hands.
Jan
22
Hako Yamasaki: Help Me
Translation
Piece: Help Me
Writer: Hako Yamasaki
Learn about many kinds of things
And many kinds of people.
If you
1 min read
Jan
19
Yakozen: Tokyo Momiji
Translation
Piece: Tokyo Autumn Leaves
Writer: Pistol Takehara
Lately I'm seeing nothing but dreams of you,
and waking
3 min read
Jan
17
On Writing & The Body
Spit still gathers on the tip of my tongue when I yawn,
deciding whether it should drop off the end.
2 min read
Jan
01
Kyushu Girl
* Girl walking her dog in Yoshii town
* She stopped to smile as I walked nearby
* Full disclosure: I may be
Nov
17
Autumn Haiku 2016
Sun seeps through the fog.
It warms the dewy concrete path
And the slick brown leaves.
My hands finally feel
Nov
05
The Hour That Stretches
* The Hour That Stretches
* Read no longer goes on due to illness of the former host
* This reader stunned the
Oct
28
Autumn Haiku 2015
I watch the sun set,
sinking, red, just past the clouds,
Grandma on my mind.
Guided by the bright
colors
Aug
06
Fukuoka Frog Window
* In the Yoshimatsu household, in a town called Yoshii.
* Cicadas audible at all times; more frogs than you can count