2019-11

Haiku

Fireplace #1 暖炉の火— a Haiku

red flame never shapes the same ungrabbable 暖炉の火 同じ姿は 二度となく
Poetry

Where is My Creativity Coming From?

Every day, every week, every month, Plenty of things come and go, passing me by. The sight I see, the sound I hear, the ...
Prose

Blue Stories

“C’était bleu. Complètement bleu.” said the French guy, after he had swum with the dolphins. As soon as he had seen a bi...
Learn Japanese

Trading Kanji and Language History between China and Japan

We, Japanese people, share the symbolic characters called ‘Kanji’ (‘Hanzi’ in Mandarin) with Chinese people. Children ev...
Prose

My Favourite Sound when Sleeping

The sound of the sea, The wave that is coming and going, Randomly, repeatedly, Which washes out my mind.
Poetry

My butterfly lied to me - ぼくの蝶: a poem

My butterfly lied to me with a flutter of glory angel with a faithful smile of ave maria
Poetry

Camellia’s heads - 椿塚: a poem

I put camellia blossoms in a line on a silver stone counting the red one camellia, two camellias and again
Learn Japanese

What does ‘Kawaii’ mean?— its pronunciation and how to use

If you listen to a Japanese conversation, you will often hear the word ‘Kawaii,’ which arguably is one of the most frequ...
Learn Japanese

How do you say ‘Sorry’ in Japanese? — Meaning of ‘Sumimasen!’ and Pronunciation

According to CBC, Canadian people like apologising. I think that Japanese people love apologising too, even more than Ca...
Prose

about Writing Poetry: A Prose

When I was little, I was a quiet child as a stone. I didn't have enough words and vocabulary to tell what was going on i...
Poetry

You always forget what you have in your pockets

You always forget what you have in your pockets, because you have a lot of deep pockets. Tissue, coins, receipts, and cl...
Poetry

Poison 毒 — a poem

The poison which you have set my fingers, my feet, my hands, my face calmly fulfilling like the tide
Poetry

罠 — A Trap

there were lips, which don’t belong to me, A ripped apple, just before rotten
Poetry

The Sexiest Phase of Flowers

which factors define the beauty of flowers? which elements bring the sexiness out of flowers? it’s colour, texture, frag...
Poetry

Death is alive – a short poem

death is alive inside me floating in the air behind me it's watching us and seeking us
Blog

There are no Ugly Waiters in Hong Kong

The Chinese word “小姐(xiao jie)” is one of the most frequently used words in everyday conversation and you must learn it ...
Poetry

Writing a Poem

No word on the screen of my computer at the desk, trying to pull my words from the well of fantasy.