Writers in Kyoto

Tag: poetry

Workshop for the Poetry Curious

  • By David Eunice
A report on a workshop led by Nathan Mader.

Lady of the Wild Things

  • By Taylor Mignon
Taylor Mignon shares a work dedicated to the late poet Shiraishi Kazuko.

Tilt

  • By Abby Deveney
A contemplative poem about neither this nor that.

The Paradox of Nostalgia

  • By Mike Freiling
Translating senryū poetry, Mike Freiling muses on the ability of nostalgia to transform our view of past experiences.

Five Autumn Tanka

  • By Lea Millay
From Lea Millay, poems inspired by an October visit to Kyoto.

Book Review: One Hundred Poems from Old Japan

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Rebecca Otowa reviews a new translation of the Hyakunin Isshu by Mike Freiling

SPA-WORLD OSAKA

  • By Nathan Mader
From Nathan Mader, poetry in the world of a super sento.

Five Elements 45 Years 

  • By Edward Levinson
Edward Levinson offers odes to the elements and planet.

Poems by Nathan Mader

  • By Nathan Mader
Three evocative poems from a Canadian poet

Publisher Paul Rossiter’s Talk on Poet Lindley Williams Hubbell

  • By James Woodham
James Woodham reports on a presentation by the founder of Isobar Press about New York and Kyoto poet Lindley Williams Hubbell.

Visual Art and Poetry by Pamela Asai

  • By Pamela Asai
Haiku-inspired verse and visual works by an Australian in Arashiyama.

Nathan Mader Launches Poetry Collection, “The Endless Animal”

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Report on an event held in Kyoto

The Way The Wind

  • By James Woodham
A striking combination of poems and photography.

Writers in Kyoto Member Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
A short piece on a journey of inquiry and discovery.

Exploring the nature of Kyoto through Shinrin Yoku

  • By WiK Admin
Report on a WIK forest bathing event.

Spider Walks the Air

  • By James Woodham
Beautiful photos and poems on Lake Biwa.

The dharma of natural laws

  • By WiK Admin
A poem on Zen sermons.

The Story of Jisshinbō Renshō (実信房蓮生 – Clan Head, Priest, Poet

  • By WiK Admin
History and poetry related to two temples 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.

Introducing Edward Levinson

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

The Wind’s Word

  • By James Woodham
Poetry and photos from Lake Biwa.

Love in the time of COVID 19

  • By John Dougill
Villanelles on the challenges of love.

1980s Poems

  • By John Dougill
An event where Yellin reads poems of his youth.

The Last Snow in Kyoto

  • By Marianne Kimura
An ode to the snow in Kyoto.

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