Tokyo Poetry Journal

a.k.a. ToPoJo. Putting the Po in the To with our Jo. If it's Tokyo and it's poetry, we will journal it.

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

“Thanks everyone for comments on the draft, here it is revised with all your edits.”

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@HumansNoContext Kiwi

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Two of our beloved friends— Jeffrey Angles and Ito Hiromi!! Check it out…

[Jeffrey Angles @jeffreyangles]

The podcast @BooksOnAsia put up this interview with me about translating The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Ito (@itoseisakusho): https://t.co/hjnCqEpEBT

[三木悠莉🌈6.15-21🇲🇽プエルトバヤルタ国際詩祭→🇳🇱22-SLAM世界会議 @micnix_69]

【ポエトリー人生最大に嬉しいを更新】

初ヨーロッパツアー？
(ドサ周り？ライブ群？)がとうとう確定しました😭🔥

ローマ、ミラノ、マドリード他
数カ国でライブします😭🌐

滞在日程確定して、飛ぶ日がきまた4末に飛ぶ！
Powerd by イタリアやらスペインやら
フライヤ等まとまり次第全部紹介します

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@OnTakahashi I love you

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Omg please and thank you. Incisive satire.

[On Takahashi （高橋温） @OnTakahashi]

Many gaijins have adopted Japanese. But as a Japanese person, I was born in it, moulded by it.

There are aspects of Japanese culture that can only be explained by a native Japanese person.

I'll try my best to share some of these with my English speaking followers.

A thread:

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@OnTakahashi Bwuahahaaaaaaa!!!!! Epic

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@UnseenJapanSite This is hilarious 😆

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Tokyo Poetry Journal Volume 11 Book Launch!! Saturday 7/16 7pm start. At the HIVE in #shibuya https://t.co/DRJenSVPAJ

[Unseen Japan @UnseenJapanSite]

Reporter goes to a Yamagata Prefecture legislative meeting where only 2 reps out of 39 are women. One of them gets up to talk and the men start talking amongst themselves, ignoring her.

The topic at hand was the gender gap 💀

[The Poet Speaks Podcast @the_poet_speaks]

She is a Jamaican... in Japan. This week we have on the podcast: poet, writer and educator @BiankahBailey !
Check out this preview and check out this FULL episode premiering Sunday, April 24th!
#ThePoetSpeaksPodcast #Jamaica #Japan #writers #Poets

[Kimi Ishiwata @jupiteriya]

「生きてる詩人ってはじめて見ました！」
4月9日㈯に桶川の #チランガバンダ というメキシコ料理屋さんで詩の朗読イベントを開催します！

桶川に生息する詩人3人と千葉に生息する詩人による詩の宴。

[三木悠莉🌈6.15-21🇲🇽プエルトバヤルタ国際詩祭→🇳🇱22-SLAM世界会議 @micnix_69]

当然ですが(もう開き直る）私の英語力は大して進化しないまま状況だけはどんどん進んでいきますので　#TKOO チーム増員したいです🌐
今ありがたいことにお一人お話しいただいて
(なんと英語だけでなくドイツ語もいけると...！)
4月から入ってもらうことになりそう✨
手伝いたい！な方、常に歓迎です🌈

[Kimi Ishiwata @jupiteriya]

今日の東京行きのお供。
期待以上によかった！
#君は天然色 のビハインド・ザ・シーーーーン、やば、、、！

[ericaerika @ericalwilliams]

@VCapildeo @PoetryTokyo And also this #poem by Mikail Terfa Akundu, also in UMOJA @PoetryTokyo

[ericaerika @ericalwilliams]

@VCapildeo Yes, and I like this poem by Marcellus Nealy and the idea of a "photosynthetic coup d'etat" in the latest issue of @PoetryTokyo UMOJA

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@Tokyo_Weekender Thanks @Tokyo_Weekender for this awesome article! Appreciate your support of this landmark project!