Pure White Clouds at Dawn
At dawn, pure white clouds— Theoria. The days I cherished are buried in frozen ground. Theoria 【theoria ＜ Greek】 【Philosophy】 Apart from practical involvement, the intellectual per…
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On a Short Winter Day, a Long Shadow Walks the Path
On a short winter day, walking the path, my shadow is long. It is still early, yet the shadow is already this long.
Words Scatter, and Bare Trees
Words scatter like leaves; bare trees stand cold, and I remain standing in the winter grove. Walking through the city, I notice that the ginkgo leaves have fallen before I knew it,…
A Recommendation for Wordplay
How wonderfully lovely it is that lovers exchange poems by mobile phone. I am enraptured. (Floating Island 2004/11/28) Exactly. Mobile phones are often treated as enemies, but from…
In the Cold Wind
Lunar calendar, October 16: when I went outside in the evening, a full moon was floating above the trees.The surroundings were already dim, and the moon floated there, pale and rou…
The Troubling Decline in Japanese Language Proficiency
A survey by Professor Hiroshi Ono (communication science) and others at the National Institute of Multimedia Education, an independent administrative agency in Chiba, found that un…
The Moon over Iraq
The days of the Security Treaty struggle and Zenkyoto are far away; red, red is the moon in Iraq’s sky. The desert that sucked the children’s blood is bleakly blown and…
The Modern Tanka Encyclopedia Arrived
The Modern Tanka Encyclopedia that I ordered the other day arrived from Amazon Marketplace. As soon as I began leafing through it, I found it enjoyable. A lazy person like me could…
Experiencing Art
According to sugar of Drifting Island: I will say it plainly. If that listening time still exists, school education is diligently manufacturing people who hate classical music.Oh,…
The Autumn Chill
It has become considerably chillier. Yesterday was a beautifully clear autumn day, but today is once again overcast and chilly. Seasonal words such as “autumn chill” and “faint chi…
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