Spring 2006 Prof. Komei Go (Associate Editor; Kyoto Seika University), Toto Akeru (Art Director) |
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West Meets East and Aristotle Meets Basho These little things are not poetry but a simple marriage of the poem and essay forms Poessays in fact are opinions expressed poetically Editors |
when a marathon runner won first place when a runner finished last Takaaki Arai |
One day my uncle asked me don't you like? then handed me a present |
was something I had never eaten hated it ate it all up! Mariko Komori |
Whenever I watch the weather forecast on TV eyes turn to Nagoya |
a beautiful cabbage the fields the worms won't eat Misato Tada |
recently I bought a hat my 35th hat want a new hat knit hat Satoko Hayafuji |
my great student whom I taught the secret how to cook a great ramen soup now opened his own ramen shop Takae Iwami |
So Good Morning I get up early at 5:30 every day takes me two hours to get to school I arrive in class worn out Mariko Komori |
some students come late don't leave early teacher says nothing Kunio Yuasa |
I decide to study but for only 10 minutes think decide to stop eating snacks but only one think Yumi Nakagawa |
whenever I buy clothes I cannot decide or not to buy! few days ago wanted to buy a dress and a few days later I went to buy it was gone Yuka Yamamoto |
the alarm clock rings wake up then I go back to sleep again The alarm rings again and so I'm awoken again but then I go back to sleep again Hiroyuki Kanou |
I can communicate better my dog than my husband maybe I'll divorce my husband marry my dog |
not forget cannot speak Japanese and he could I'd divorce my dog once again marry my husband Wakana Mori |
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you are my best friend are my teacher are my rival you are my mother! Risa Horinouchi |