COMMUNICATIVE TIMES No.13

Spring 2006

John Pereira (Editor), Dr. Simon Potter (Associate Editor)
Prof. Komei Go (Associate Editor; Kyoto Seika University), Toto Akeru (Art Director)

POESSAYS

POESSAYS
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

Olympic Games

when
a marathon runner
won
first place

applause

and
when
a runner
finished last

applause

Takaaki Arai

Experience

One day
my uncle
asked me

What food
don't you like?

Nothing!

I said

he
then
handed me
a present

it
was something
I had
never eaten

a cream puff

I
hated it

but
ate it
all up!

Mariko Komori

Weather Forecast

Whenever
I
watch
the weather forecast
on
TV

my
eyes
turn
to
Nagoya

Shinya Yokomaku



Caution!

a
beautiful cabbage

in
the fields

even
the worms
won't eat

Misato Tada













Next

recently
I
bought
a hat

it is
my 35th hat

I
want
a new hat

a
knit hat

Satoko Hayafuji







Passed the Test

my
great student

to
whom
I
taught
the secret

of
how
to cook
a great
ramen soup

has
now opened
his own
ramen shop

Takae Iwami


Not
So Good Morning

I
get up
early

usually
at 5:30
every day

it
takes me
two hours
to get
to school

so

when
I arrive
in class

I'm
worn out

Mariko Komori

U Class

some
students
come late

others
don't

some
leave early

the
teacher
says nothing

Kunio Yuasa










Only

I
decide
to study
but

I'll sleep
for
only
10 minutes

I
think

I
decide
to stop
eating
snacks
but

I'll eat
only one

I
think

Yumi Nakagawa




Shopping

whenever
I buy
clothes
I
cannot decide

to buy
or
not to buy!

A
few days ago

I
wanted to buy
a dress

and
a few
days later

when
I went
to buy it

it
was gone

Yuka Yamamoto


I'm Awake

the
alarm clock
rings

I
wake up

but
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

Marriage

I
can communicate
better

with
my dog
than
my husband

so
maybe
I'll divorce
my husband

and
marry
my dog

but












let's
not forget

my dog
cannot speak
Japanese
and

if
he could

maybe
I'd
divorce
my dog

and
once again
marry
my husband

Wakana Mori




POEM

You're ...

you
are
my best friend

you
are
my teacher

you
are
my rival

and
you are
my mother!

Risa Horinouchi


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