Writers in Kyoto

Category: Poetry

The dharma of natural laws

  • By WiK Admin
A poem on Zen sermons.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Australia Prize

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
A poem on a rickshaw puller's day in western Kyoto.

Jazz and The Spoken Word

  • By Edward J. Taylor
Poems read at a music and poetry event with Joshua Breakstone.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Honorable Mentions

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
A poem on kintsugi.

Excerpts from Grace Notes

  • By Ken Rodgers
A variety of written and visual works from the author.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Honorable Mentions

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
A rendition of a diary entry featuring a cat.

Book Review: Wintermoon, by Robert Maclean

  • By John Dougill
An analytical review of a book of 119 haiku.

Vagabond Song

  • By James Woodham
Striking poems and stunning photography.

They Will Bloom When You Die

  • By John Dougill
A poem for Ukraine.

Three Poems

  • By WiK Admin
Three poems on what the author labels as his "Japan obsession."

A.J. Pomez

  • By John Dougill
Introduction and links to three books by AJ Dickinson.

Winter Wonderings of Body and Mind

  • By Edward Levinson
It's cold out there. More whimsical and wise poetry from Ed.

Grace Notes

  • By Ken Rodgers
Poetry in and on memorable places in Kyoto.

My First Guide to Kyoto

  • By WiK Admin
A poem from the book Waking to Snow, which tracks twenty-five years of living in Kyoto.

The Poetry of Pain and Its Meaning in the Age of COVID-19 

  • By Mike Freiling
Review of a manuscript of poems written during August 1942 in America by Japanese-Americans being sent to camps.

Clouds of Illusion

  • By James Woodham
Striking poems and stunning photography.

Just Like This

  • By Eric Bray
Lyrics and songs and some of the Kyoto music scene.

Nervous Nun Limericks

  • By John Dougill
Zen humor and koan to challenge the reader.

USA Prize – Sixth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
A wonderful poem that takes a poignant, personal, yet universal look at the effects of the pandemic.

Haiku Discoveries

  • By John Dougill
A wonderfully informative piece on haiku and the author's adventures.

Introducing Edward Levinson

  • By Edward Levinson
A photographer and writer who came to Japan at the end of the 1970s.

Today: Ten Tanka

  • By John Dougill
Tanka written on the Bristol harbourside.

The Wind’s Word

  • By James Woodham
Poetry and photos from Lake Biwa.

Six Love Limericks

  • By John Dougill
Limericks liberated from form.

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