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Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology (review)

Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology (review) first was korori oujou ("dropping dead"). One night, he was writing haiku with his friends and drinking heavily; the next morning, he had attained his goal. Santoka's other goal was to write haiku that was true to his emotions and beliefs. This poem is one of my favorites: The persimmon's young leaves glitter in the sky I'm not yet dead Kaki no wakaba no kagayaku sora o shinazuni iru Grass and Tree Cairn gives Santoka's powerful poetry a wider audience and offers readers a chance to experience the poignant connection this wandering poet made with the natural world when the human one all but failed him. leza lowitz Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology. Edited by Hillel Wright. Tokyo: Printed Matter Press, 2002. 254 pages, paper $25. Faces in the Crowds is a hyperkinetic grab bag that gathers the Tokyo spoken-word poetry scene and the city's writing groups under one roof. The publisher, locally owned and cooperatively operated Printed Matter Press, has managed to survive and thrive in Tokyo for thirty years. Every so often, new editors take the helm and morph the journal into a reflection of the zeitgeist. Expatriate writers in Tokyo have always http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Manoa University of Hawai'I Press

Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology (review)

Lowitz, Leza
Manoa , Volume 15 (2) – Oct 23, 2003
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first was korori oujou ("dropping dead"). One night, he was writing haiku with his friends and drinking heavily; the next morning, he had attained his goal. Santoka's other goal was to write haiku that was true to his emotions and beliefs. This poem is one of my favorites: The persimmon's young leaves glitter in the sky I'm not yet dead Kaki no wakaba no kagayaku sora o shinazuni iru Grass and Tree Cairn gives Santoka's powerful poetry a wider audience and offers readers a chance to experience the poignant connection this wandering poet made with the natural world when the human one all but failed him. leza lowitz Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology. Edited by Hillel Wright. Tokyo: Printed Matter Press, 2002. 254 pages, paper $25. Faces in the Crowds is a hyperkinetic grab bag that gathers the Tokyo spoken-word poetry scene and the city's writing groups under one roof. The publisher, locally owned and cooperatively operated Printed Matter Press, has managed to survive and thrive in Tokyo for thirty years. Every so often, new editors take the helm and morph the journal into a reflection of the zeitgeist. Expatriate writers in Tokyo have always

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