 Autumn 1999 John Pereira (Editor) |
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Autumn 1999 John Pereira (Editor) |
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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 |
I don't like Him because he uses me Ryosuke Saeki |
I have three lovely legs the first is my bicycle the second is my motorcycle the third is my car and they are all mine Kana Okuda |
What is nearer to me than myself? But because of its nearness I can't know myself Keiko Nishimura |
My hands are very big But I don't hate them because I have to live with them until I die so I get along with them Yoshiko Honda |
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It will be lunch time soon Everybody will go to the dining room I want to go there too I want to have lunch too But I have no money Takayuki Fukano |
My teacher said that trying is more important than getting the correct answer But when I tried hard and made a mistake he gave me minus points so tell me what does trying mean? Kumiko Onishi |
Who is the hardest worker in the world? The politician? The lawyer? The carpenter? No no no! he who works non-stop is sometimes he works slowly |
sometimes he works fast yes he who lives in my left breast is O my sweet heart! Masami Yamashita |
& Me My father regards everything except scholarship as trash so when he asked me what I learned recently and I told him it was the price of vegetables my father cried Saeko Hada |
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I don't like the rain but my umbrella does because it likes to go outside Chise Okumura |
When I met you a week ago fireworks went off in my heart and it hasn't stopped since! Erina Tanabe |
I love you very much I want you right now I really need you because I am starving Mitsumasa Shibahara |
I get up at six I go to school I spend time with my friends I go back home and |
of my day I hug my dog Tomomi Kintani |