MY MAXIM, August in 2024

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HIRAKATA PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS CENTER


Can life be summarized?

人生は要約できるか。

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Poetry "PARALLEL MOTION, FLYING CAT’S SILENCE" published in MPT (UK)

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My poetry ‘Parallel Motion, Flying Cat’s Silence’ has been published in the British magazine Modern Poetry in Translation  !（Oxford, UK） I extend my deepest gratitude to Jessica Sequeira, the entire MPT team, and the amazing contributors with whom I have the honor of sharing this publication. From Editorial – Jessica Sequeira, Guest Editor *The full text can be read on the website ! What is the music of the earth? How can poetry listen to the cycles and seasons of nature, the sounds of water and wind? What stories might the rivers and forests tell, what are their histories and memories? In the current issue of Modern Poetry in Translation, we looked for translated work that explores the theme of rhythms of the land. We welcomed poems related to ecology, climate change, mythologies that respect the earth, correspondences between outer territory and inner self, and the cultivation of a slow, nurturing relation with communities and other beings, in contrast to the acceleration and vio...
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Tanka "Snow Falling" published in The Rappahannock Review (US)

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  The web magazine The Rappahannock Review , published by the Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Mary Washington in the United States, has featured my tanka "Snow Falling", a reading, and an interview. This is the first time my translated tanka have been published in the English-speaking world. The University of Mary Washington, founded in 1908, is located in Virginia. I learned that the title of the magazine, Rappahannock , comes from the name of a river that flows through the state. Their website, decorated with charming illustrations of fish swimming in the river, is wonderfully inviting. If you are interested, I would be delighted if you took a look! In the interview for The Rappahannock Review , I was asked deeply thoughtful questions that gave me a valuable opportunity to reflect once again on my creative work. "To me, the message in this issue is clear. We are in pain. In writing that pain and reading that pain, we need not bear it alone....
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