Haiku and photos by Mayumi Kawaharada Winter Interminable queuesof displaced people— blizzard-ridden road Mother and baby carried off by the attacks— trampled winter roses War turns gentle siblings into crazed soldiers— a frozen battlefield Soldiers loot, for their loved ones… furious snowstorm A doll in red on a muddy snowmelt road — immobilized tanks Raging winter rain to the ashen …Read More
Tag: Ukraine
by Tetiana Korchuk Mari nervously took a glimpse at her watch: it was 10:58, Two minutes left until her annual time travel. She already made it twice in the past, as obligatory part of her social studies class, first time when she just turned 13, and last year – at the age of 14. Where …Read More
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
Kyoto 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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