Tokyo Poetry Journal - Volume 12

Special volume of Tokyo Poetry Journal devoted to contemporary Japanese poets in English translation. Includes the English language print debut of several poets, including poetry slam national champions, bilingual poets, multi-award winning writers, and promising newcomers. Cover art by Shiraishi Setsuhi. INVOCATION by Zoria Petkoska Kalajdjieva VOLUME INTRODUCTION, by Jordan A. Y. Smith, ChatGPT, Midjourney FOUR PORTALS TO THE NIGHTLIFE OF TOKYO POETRY Jordan A. Y. Smith SAKISAKA KUJIRA tr. by Shibuya Gokai MISUMI MIZUKI tr. by Andrew Gebert FUZUKI YUMI tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith MEGUMI MORIYAMA tr. by Yasuhiro Yotsumoto, Michele Hutchison, & Megumi Moriyama SELECTED POEMS FROM K¿KI NO NIKKI (AIR DIARIES) MATSUDA TOMOHARU tr. Julia Hansell Clark ¿¿¿¿¿¿ KAWAGUCHI HARUMI tr. Matias Chiappe Ippolito JORDAN A. Y. SMITH, self translated¿¿¿¿ MIYAO SETSUKO tr. Matias Chiappe Ippolito ARAI TAKAKO tr. Jeffrey Angles & Kendall Heitzman ¿¿YOTSUMOTO YASUHIRO tr. Matias Chiappe Ippolito ENOMOTO SACLACO tr. by Eric Selland TAKAHASHI MUTSUO tr. by Jeffrey Angles ART BY SHIRAISHI SETSUHI AOYAGI NATSUMI tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith FUKAZAWA RENA tr. by Melinda Smith & Rina Kikuchi FUKUDAPERO T¿MA HIROKO tr. by Victoria Young YAMAZAKI SH¿HEI tr. by Kendall Heitzman WAGO RYOICHI tr. by Ayako Takahashi and Judy Halebsky MINESAWA NORIKO tr. by Eric Margolis FUJITA YUKIHIRO tr. by Matthew Guay KISAKA RYO tr. by Taylor Mignon MARTHA NAKAMURA tr. by Kendall Heitzman KEIJIRO SUGAtr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith TANAKA IKUKO tr. by Miho Kinnas & Shelly Bryant SONIC NURSE tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith SAN SIMON tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith KATAYAMA SAYURI tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith ENDO HITSUJI tr. by Nakagawa Junnosuke KOORI HIRONOBU tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith MICHIYAMA RAIN tr. by Jordan A. Y. Smith ESSAY: YASUHIRO YOTSUMOTO ON JAPANESE POETRY INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN SNYDER REVIEW: TANYA BARNETT reviews Arai Takako REVIEW: SIMON SCOTT reviews Shuri Kido