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More Poems (Malcolm Ledger)
The Abyss I’m standing quite still on the edge of an abyss,As wide and as deep as the heart itself is,And though I’ve not noticed its vastness till now,I know it’s been there since before…
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Introduction to Mark Schumacher
SELF INTRODUCTION by Mark Schumacher Wanna get tangled up and confused? Jump inside my mind. After twenty-five years of studying Japan’s divinities and demons, only now do I realize I’m in over my head. Japanese…
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Drongo (novel by Ian Richards)
Extract from a new novel by Ian Richards, published by Atuanui Press and entitled, Drongo: A Kiwi Road Novel. In which the hero, Andy, has hitched a ride with Mrs Macalister and her cat Silky.…
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New Member Jay Crystall
Self Introduction – Jay Crystall I was born in New York City in the 1960’s. And that’s where I spent my entire life before moving to Kyoto in February 2011, weeks before the Great Eastern…
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13 Temple Kyoto Pilgrimage
Prompted by Nick Teele’s account of reviving a 33 temple pilgrimage, a website reader from Denmark named Esben Andreasen has submitted an account of his own 13 temple pilgrimage to Kyoto. The piece below is…
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WiK Bonenkai 2019
Report by Iris Reinbacher… On the evening of December 8, WiK held its bonenkai, a yearly tradition under the theme of “Words and Music” (for last year’s account, see here). We celebrated the old year,…
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Heritage and Tourism follow-up
Culture and tourism has become a big topic worldwide, and two months after WiK’s Heritage and Tourism symposium, Unesco and Unwto came to town for the 4th UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture, which…
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Ogura haiku
Mayumi Kawaharada writes: At the beginning of autumn, on a sunny day, I joined a volunteer event of fixing bamboo fences alongside the bamboo forests in Arashiyama. It was organised by a NPO called “People…
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Preston’s Villanelle
The following poem, a contemporary take on the Californian Dream, was delivered at the 2019 bonenkai by Preston Keido Houser, who followed it up with a shakuhachi piece in lighter vein. A villanelle is a…
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A Year in Review
a year in review — a haphazard collection of unruly short verse by Lisa Wilcut SPRING blossoms assembling to view springtime crowds below–– beckoned by sake, smoke and laughter the whole body of the bird…
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