 Summer 2009 Prof. Komei Go (Associate Editor; Kyoto Seika University), Toto Akeru (Art Director) |
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Summer 2009 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 |
Today in class a bee entered the classroom She danced up and down round and round Nobody saw the bee except me Akane Miyamura |
I returned home after a long absence I was looking forward to seeing my dog When I arrived at home my dog growled at me! Yoko Watanabe |
I talk to my classmates using and in yesterday's class he was sittimg by my side Seigo Hanata |
I ran into a stranger who had blonde hair blue eyes I said Sorry but he said Gomennasai! Sachiyo Kodera |
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I was working as a part-time clerk in a store when a woman entered She is kind I thought but she didn't say thank you when she went out of the store |
Then a man came into the store who I thought looked stern but he said thank you when he went out of the store Shizuka Ueno |
my girlfriend left me and I was unhappy my teacher said Lovely girls are all around so many I couldn't understand then but recently I do as I have a new girlfriend now Katsunari Furuuchi |
I got on the empty train wearing a mask later other people also got on the train wearing masks Help! Hasumi Arikawa |
I often shop on the Internet as I don't need to leave my house and last week I bought a digital camera after placing the order I was surprised to see I had overlooked a zero Atsushi Morita |
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My class starts at 9'oclock but the other day I got up at 9 Oh my God I thought and rushed out of the house |
ran all the way to school and up and up the stairs and into the classroom but no one was there! Yes! it was a Sunday Masatsugu Teranishi |
I go shopping daily I buy this and that Oh I want that thing I bargain and bargain and always get good points for bargaining |
visit several stores at a time make good bargains although finally I have no money left! Chisa Kobayashi |
My grandfather died Everybody cried But only my grandmother smiled in heaven Shinsaku Fukuoka |
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always you don't stay in my wallet always you fly away from me though I work hard for you! I want to stay with you |
but you run away If you escape from me again I'll pursue you everywhere until I die! Chihiro Yamaryo |
When I'm watching TV I laugh and notice I'm alone Keisuke Kano |
my teacher says next this time it is me and it goes on and on we are all the same in this class next! Marie Fujimoto |