Welcome to Poetic Licence 鈥� a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets.
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The following poems have been translated from Japanese.
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[A new city]
Unreached finger.
Cold water.
The new city is waiting for light.
A little girl with a red hat.
Someone is calling her name.
The big moon.
The deep stairs.
A goat and a calf.
The door of the old house.
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Why don't you use your grandfather's name?
Why did you hide your grandmother's clothes?
Why did you throw away your father's bread?
Why did you forget your mother's language?
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Unreached finger.
Cold water.
The new city is waiting for light.
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[Body warmth]
When we were born, the things we lost were
trust
kindness
justice
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Body warmth is what I've been looking for all along
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The body warmth of trust
The body warmth of kindness
The body warmth of justice
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Emitting from your hand
The warmth of the Sun
A thread of the Moon
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The Tasai Collective presented its annual poetry event, , on Oct. 22nd at the Orpheum Annex Theatre. It featured local poet Soramuru Takayama, as well as Misuzu Mizuki, who is a professional poet from Japan and the youngest recipient of the Sakutaro Hagiwara Award - one of Japan鈥檚 most prestigious poetry awards.听
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