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A Newsletter for Japanese University Student Writers  Spring 2001 John Pereira (Editor) |
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A Newsletter for Japanese University Student Writers Spring 2001 John Pereira (Editor) |
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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 |
Flowers appear in spring cicadas sing in summer leaves turn colorful in the fall and it gets colder and colder in winter |
four seasons each have a charm and beauty of their own Kazuhiko Suzuki |
Winter is over spring is here I try on my clothes they don't fit Akane Mizuno |
Twice a year this peaceful department store is turned into a battlefield Yuki Machida |
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The sky has a lot of emotions and shows her feelings openly We know when she's sad angry |
of hate or happy How I envy her! |
Test She failed her English test and her friend laughed at her but it was no laughing matter Emi Koyama |
Minus I've worked hard every day from early morning to late at night It brought me money but I've lost a lot Yoko Kawaguchi |
Investment We humans made weapons to defend ourselves from others Today however nuclear weapons can destroy everybody Atsushi Kawabata |
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My friend has a baby when the baby sleeps she smiles when the baby cries she smiles and when the baby smiles |
smiles She is a mother |
Thanks to movies and television I do not even have to leave the house or my chair to learn a great deal about other cultures Taku Misumi |
I wanted to buy an expensive wallet but I had no money and so I saved and saved Now I have a beautiful wallet at last |
no money to put inside Tatsuya Yamaguchi |
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We're talkin' We're laughin' but we're feeling something else inside Kumiko Torigoe |
Do you know what it is? Large and small Wide and narrow Deep and shallow Beautiful and ugly |
and dirty Good and bad What is it? Really you should know what it is It is our own strange heart! Akiko Imai |
I am a young man to a woman a college student to society a son to my parents |
... Yoshitaka Suetomo |
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When class starts I'm always sleepy so I rub the sleep out of my eyes but I'm still sleepy |
soon as class is over and it is time for lunch I'm wide awake Why? Hiroko Ishiguro |
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Light of sun chirping of birds smell of breakfast It's the start of my day Yumi Nomura |
Ice cream is delicious He has a cold body and his personality is cold too But don't melt away Please wait a moment! Shoichi Ueno |
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When I was a child my grandmother used to say Our ancestors come back to Earth at Obon She died last year I pray for her |
she visit me at Obon? I hope so Satsuki Nakamura |
I want a once in a lifetime meeting I don't want to be loved by lots of men but only one |
love him from my heart Some day I know I'll meet him Megumi Hashiguchi |
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