COMMUNICATIVE TIMES No.14
A Newsletter for Japanese University Student Writers

Summer 2009

John Pereira (Editor), Dr. Simon Potter (Associate Editor)
Prof. Komei Go (Associate Editor; Kyoto Seika University), Toto Akeru (Art Director)

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

The Bee

Today
in class

a bee

entered
the classroom

She
danced

up and
down

round
and round

Nobody
saw
the bee

except
me

Akane Miyamura

TV

When
I'm
watching
TV

I
laugh

and
notice

I'm
alone

Keisuke Kano

e-talk

I
talk
to my
classmates

using
email

and
in yesterday's class

he
was sittimg
by my side

Seigo Hanata

Communication

I
ran into
a stranger

who
had blonde
hair

blue eyes

I said

Sorry

but
he said

Gomennasai!

Sachiyo Kodera

Welcome!

I
was working
as
a part-time
clerk
in
a store

when
a woman
entered

She
is
kind
I
thought

but
she
didn't say
thank you

when
she went
out
of the store

Then
a man
came
into
the store


who
I thought
looked stern

but
he said
thank you

when
he
went out
of
the store

Shizuka Ueno

Adult

my girlfriend
left me

and
I was
unhappy

my teacher
said

Lovely girls
are
all around

so
many

I
couldn't understand
then

but
recently
I do

as
I have
a new girlfriend
now

Katsunari Furuuchi

White Ninjas

I
got on

the
empty train

wearing
a mask

later
other people

also
got on
the
train

wearing masks

Help!

Hasumi Arikawa

Absent-minded Student

My class
starts
at 9'oclock

but
the other day

I
got up
at
9

Oh
my God
I
thought

and
rushed
out
of
the house



I
ran
all the way
to school

and
up and up
the stairs

and into
the classroom

but
no one
was
there!

Yes!
it
was
a Sunday

Masatsugu Teranishi

Good Shopper

I
go shopping
daily

I
buy
this and that

Oh
I want
that thing

I bargain
and bargain
and

always
get
good points
for bargaining

I
visit
several stores
at a time

make
good bargains
although

finally
I
have
no money
left!

Chisa Kobayashi

Good Buy

I
often shop
on the
Internet
as
I don't
need to leave
my house

and

last week
I
bought
a digital camera

after
placing
the order

I
was surprised
to see

I
had overlooked
a zero

Atsushi Morita

Next

my teacher
says

next

this time
it is me

and it
goes on
and on

we are
all the same
in this class
next!

Marie Fujimoto

Vacation

I
returned home

after
a long absence

I
was
looking forward
to seeing
my dog

But
my dog
growled
at me!

I
thought

Is she
really my dog?

Perhaps
my dog
was
thinking

Is
she really
my family?

Yoko Watanabe

Smile!

My
grandfather
died

Everybody
cried

But
only
my grandmother
smiled

in heaven

Shinsaku Fukuoka

POEMS

Money

always
you don't
stay
in my wallet

always
you fly away
from me

though
I
work hard
for you!

I
want
to stay
with you


but
you run
away

If
you escape
from me
again

I'll pursue
you
everywhere

until
I die!

Chihiro Yamaryo

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