The 2nd Tokyo Poetry Festival & the 6th World Haiku Association Conference 2011 Anthology
Editor: Tokyo Poetry Festival Committee & the World Haiku Association (Director: Ban’ya Natsuishi)
Publisher: Shichigatsudo (Tokyo, Japan)
Cover Design: Kuniharu Shimizu
Price: US$17
Greetings from the Chair-director: Ban’ya Natsuishi
Theme: With or Without Mythology
Poems by 35 poets from 16 countries and regions
Poets from overseas
Bakos Ferenc [Hungary], Doc Drumheller [New Zealand], Amelia Fielden [Australia], Mordechai Geldman [Israel], Johannes Göransson [Sweden / USA], Jin Zhong [China], Riina Katajavuori [Finland], Lee, Jin-Myung [Korea], Joyelle McSweeney [USA], Chiau-Shin Ngo [Taiwan], Iztok Osojnik [Slovenia], Kornelijus Platelis [Lithuania], Sendoo Hadaa [Mongolia], Petar Tchouhov [Bulgaria], Ts. Tsolmon [Inner Mongolia]
Poets from Japan
Ei Akitsu, Takako Arai, Ginema, Kazuyuki Hosomi, Kika Hotta, Sei Imai, Kiyoko Iwabuchi, Sayumi Kamakura, Eiko Kukuminato, Akira Naitoh, Tadato Nakatsuka, Ban’ya Natsuishi, Takashi Okai, Saeko Ozaki, Hiroki Saigusa, Junko Takahashi, Toriko Takarabe, Masayuki Tamura, Shuntaro Tanikawa & Masato Tomobe
Profiles : Poets from overseas
Profiles : Poets from Japan
Photos : Poets from overseas
Photos : Poets from Japan
Program booklet
Ban’ya Natsuishi, master of contemporary haiku and trailblazer at home on the overflowing haiku mountain of life, offers the world - Hybrid Paradise, a collection of his recent, liberating work. In 2009, I wrote a review in a book for him, The Poetical Achievements of Ban’ya Natsuishi, understanding the honour of casting my views on such outstanding haiku. Again, I am thrilled to be involved in the process of expounding works of this incredible author, who has been a great influence in forging ahead with my own style of muki-haiku (seasonless poem technique)! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbZXWtmNYo
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