Richard MeierMar 26, 20213 minJapanese Manley Hopkins?Gerard Manley Hopkins cropped up in my previous blog. And I was reminded of him again this week when I came across the poetry of Shono...
Richard MeierMar 24, 20212 minHow to train your JabberwockyIt was fun the other evening reading Jabberwocky to my nine year old son. And even more so when my wife came into the room and proceeded...
Richard MeierMar 12, 20212 minSpeed-datingI’ve slowly been working my way through an anthology of mid-20th century Japanese poetry called Like Underground Water. By and large, the...
Richard MeierMar 5, 20212 minWoodpeckers and wagtailsBack to the Japanese poet Ishikawa Takuboku whom I mentioned in a previous blog. While his given name was Hajime, Takuboku was a pen-name...