A poetry collection by Seisai Ito that moves from the tactile presence of clay toward bodily sensation and the roots of creation. In the firm language of postwar poetry, it holds both vitality and unease before form is fixed.

The weight of clay before it takes form evokes postwar sensations of body and creation.

A poetry collection by Suzue Koike. Centered on the image of a luminous clock at night, it turns time, memory, and the quiet presence of daily life into poetry.

The glow of a clock in the dark quietly lights the texture of time and memory.

An early poetry collection by Takashi Arima. Through the image of a wall in twilight, it explores postwar social feeling, personal confinement, and the desire for what lies beyond.

The wall in twilight reflects both enclosure and poetry's force to move beyond it.

A poetry collection by Akiya Iwasaki. Under the title Epitaph, it quietly treats words for the dead, inscriptions of memory, and the gaze of those left behind.

Like words carved in stone, the poems stand between the dead and memory.