There are two poets I know who write with a Shintoesque heart… Interestingly, one of them is a Hindu and the other Taoist – two traditions that draw inspiration from nature and celebrate the cosmic flow of the life force.… Read the rest
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In 2005 I lived for four months on Shiraishi Island in the Seto Naikai and was much inspired by the spirit of place. It’s a small island that takes an hour and forty minutes to walk round, yet it’s full … Read the rest
In the wonderful preface to Kokinshu (the finest defence of poetry I’ve ever come across), Ki no Tsurayuki writes as follows:
“Japanese poetry has the human heart as seed and myriads of words as leaves. It comes into being when … Read the rest