Writers in Kyoto

Tag: poetry

Nathan Mader Launches Poetry Collection, “The Endless Animal”

Nathan Mader Launches Poetry Collection, “The Endless Animal”

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Report on an event held in Kyoto
The Way The Wind

The Way The Wind

  • By James Woodham
A striking combination of poems and photography.
Exploring the nature of Kyoto through Shinrin Yoku

Exploring the nature of Kyoto through Shinrin Yoku

  • By Jann Williams
Report on a WIK forest bathing event.

The dharma of natural laws

  • By Preston Keido Houser
A poem on Zen sermons.

The Story of Jisshinbō Renshō (実信房蓮生 – Clan Head, Priest, Poet

  • By Nicholas Teele
History and poetry related to two temples in Kyoto.

Introducing Edward Levinson

  • By Edward Levinson
A photographer and writer who came to Japan at the end of the 1970s.

Love in the time of COVID 19

  • By Preston Houser
Villanelles on the challenges of love.

1980s Poems

  • By Robert Yellin
An event where Yellin reads poems of his youth.

More Poems

  • By Malcolm Ledger
Three poems.

Poems

  • By Malcolm Ledger
Poems of the yearning nature.

Villanelle

  • By Preston Houser
A poem on artistry.

Zen poem

  • By WiK
Zen poem from Preston Houser.

Introducing Nicholas Teele

  • By Nicholas Teele
An interview with Nicholas Teele, an academic, editor and translator.
WiK Poetry and Improv 2018

WiK Poetry and Improv 2018

  • By WiK
Description of a WIK poetry event held at the Gnome.

Cid Corman coffee shop

  • By Mayumi Kawaharada
A description of CC's coffee shop in Kyoto and its history.

Hal Stewart in Kyoto

  • By WiK
An extract taken from a longer biographical piece of Harold Stewart (1916-95).

Book Review: Japan and the Beats

  • By John Dougill
A robust review of an issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal.

Competition runner-up 2017

  • By Kate Garnett
A poem from this year's writing competition.

Edith Shiffert NYT obituary

  • By WiK
An obituary with some of her poems.

Cats and Dogs in Basho

  • By Jeff Robbins
Haiku and renku on cats and dogs from Basho, with commentary from Jeff Robbins.
Book Review: Kyoto Encounters, edited by J. Thomas Rimer

Book Review: Kyoto Encounters, edited by J. Thomas Rimer

  • By John Dougill
A book review with descriptions of the content and commentary from the editor.

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