COMMUNICATIVE TIMES No.15

2010

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

Mother 'n' Son

When
I was
a child

I
said
to
my mother

I
want
to grow up
quickly

I
want
to return
to my
childhood

my mother said

Aonuma Seiichiro



What's new?

autumn
is
the time
for
change

leaves
season
food

and
my waistline

Aki Egashira





Problem

It's
the
Sale Season

I've
promised
to go
shopping

with
my friend

but
I'm
avoiding
her

Mari Ishida





Christmas
Celebration


Christmas
comes

Christmas
goes

food
drink

dessert after
dessert

after
Christmas

call
me Santa!


Kana Itabashi


New Year Day

3:2:1:0
Happy
New Year!

I
watch TV

eat
a slice
of toast

and
go
to my
part-time
job

Hisanori Hirota






January

I
love
January 1

even
more

I
love
January 2

Guess
why?

Yuka Nawano









Coming-of-Age Day

On
January 11

girls
dress up

in their
Sunday best

For
this day

I bought
an expensive
hair ornament

and
the shop assistant

spoke
highly of me

I
felt happy

She
suggested
I put it on

the
most
expensive
ornament
in the
store!

so
I did

She
again
spoke
highly of me

so
I bought it

Oh
no!

Yukari Nose

Zzzzz...

I
always
oversleep
every morning

so
yesterday

I
decided

not
to oversleep
anymore

but
today

I
overslept

Tsuchida Shunya


TV

When
I
watched
TV

my father
came
into
the room
and
changed
the channel


I
went
into
another room
and
watched TV

then
my sister
came

and
changed
the channel

Maki Koyabu

Not Hot Enough

when
I
asked
a second
re-fill

the
waitress
said
smilingly

please
be careful
it's
hot!

but
the
coffee
wasn't

although
her
smile
was

Fumi Aiyama

Try

try

try

try

try
from tomorrow

Tomoyuki Nakamichi




POEMS

Autumn Scene

red leaves
yellow leaves

how sad

soon
winter's cold
will be
in
my bones



Megumi Nishitani

Wonderland

sleeping
in
a soft
warm bed
in winter

is
wonderful

like
being
in
heaven!

but
when
I awoke

from
my dream

I
shouted

I'm going
to be
late
for class!

Saki Nishimoto


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