by Douglas Anthony Cooper Where a woman, hand full of sunflowersDwarfs a tyrant, shames a soldierLays a curse upon cowardsThere we who are small and watchingMerely watching, safe behind screensAre maybe redeemedAnd blue will rise over yellow And we who are breathing, poorlyAir sick with lies, alone among friendsAnd starved of wonderLook to a woman …Read More
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THE FAMILYBy Felicity Tillack Felicity writes: I wrote this poem a few years after moving to Japan for an anthology called Elements of Time. The feelings expressed in the poem are definitely ones I’ve had, though it’s written from a male perspective. I think I liked the image of the man’s coat, and the grown-up …Read More
The following poem, a contemporary take on the Californian Dream, was delivered at the 2019 bonenkai by Preston Keido Houser, who followed it up with a shakuhachi piece in lighter vein. A villanelle is a fixed-form poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain and follows a specific rhyme scheme using only two different sounds. …Read More
Okunoin, Koyasan / 奥の院、高野山 One enters this sacred garden aloneFinding one’s way by learning to readThe resonating air surrounding the stone Consulting a tome or charting a zone Unknown home where paths may leadOne enters this sacred garden alone By demolishing the knower knowing and knownScant satori when the soul has freedThe resonating air surrounding the …Read More
WiK Writing Competition
WiK Anthologies
The Nature of Kyoto (2023)
Eds. Lisa Twaronite Sone & Robert Weis
Foreword by Pico Iyer
Structures of Kyoto (2021)
Eds: Rebecca Otowa & Karen Lee Tawarayama
Foreword by Judith Clancy
Encounters with Kyoto (2019)
Eds: Jann Williams & Ian Josh Yates
Foreword by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Echoes (2017)
Eds: John Dougill, Amy Chavez, & Mark Richardson
Preface by Alex Kerr
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