COMMUNICATIVE TIMES No.9

Spring 2003

John Pereira (Editor), Dr. Simon Potter (Associate Editor; Saitama University, College of Liberal Arts),
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

Cheer Me Up!

I
made
mistakes
during
English class
and

was
depressed

My
friends
tried
to cheer
me up

but
couldn't

A
few days
later

a
classmate
made
mistakes
in English
class

and
I
was
cheerful

Yui Kawagishi

My Room

I
live
alone

in
a small
room

sometimes
though
it is
too
large

Natsumi Matsumoto

Spring

fine
day

blue
sky

climbing
the
mountain

all the way
to
the top

only
to find
a lot
of
garbage

Takashi Morimoto


Chef

Cooking
did not
interest
me
at all

but
nowadays

I
like
to cook

because
people say

Your food
tastes
wonderful

Naoko Harada

Gotcha!

Today
the
fortune teller
said

Your
lucky color
is
red

and
so

I
wore
red

from
head to toe

Chiho Nakayama

Golden Week

I
had
planned
on going
hiking

but
I
caught
a cold

and
spent
all the time
in bed

Akiko Sugimoto

Good Afternoon

It's
hot

so
I'll
dance
wildly

and
become
hotter
and hotter

exploding
in
sweat

and
smile

Naoko Tokuyama

Today

I'm
really
tired
today

Did
my best

I
can't do
more
than this!

But
really?

Kayoko Takada

Hard Schedule

as
the exams
approach

I
don't know
why

but
I
clean up
my room
and

do
a lot
of
things

I
didn't
do

Mika Ishizuka

Another
Day

I
like
sleeping

and
watching
TV
too

Every
night
I
watch
TV

and
every
morning

I
regret
it

Shunsuke Tanaka

College Girl

My
parents
say
to me

Do
what
you want

My
teachers
ask me

What
do you
want
to do?

I
answer

Please
tell me
what
I
should do

Yumiko Ijichi

Yes,
Why?

My
parents
don't care
what

my
brother
does

he
can
come
home
late

and
they
never
say
anything

If
I do
the
same thing

they
scold
me

Why?

Yoshimi Nakai

Farther

When
I'm
around
my father

he
always
praises
me

but
when
I'm
not there

he
speaks
ill
of me

Kyoko Murakami

POEMS

Wheels

People
go to
Driving School

to
learn
how
to drive
properly

spending
time and
money

Then
why
do accidents
happen
every day?

Tomoko Yoshimura

Sunny Day

sunny
day

hang out
the futon

scent
of sun

Reiko Fujita










Bus

sitting
in

a shaking
bus

I'm
rocked
to sleep

like
a baby

Azusa Shinjo

Rainy Day

rainy day
today

how
happy
the
frogs
sound

Hideaki Kitano

Sleeping Pill

reading
a book
for
a minute

I
fall asleep

Asuka Tsunezawa

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