Japan Poets Club Newcomer Award にほんしじんくらぶしんじんしょう
Edition 29 (2019)
Contemporary poetryLiterary award
Winners
2 peopleA poetry collection by Maki Kawai. In three sections, it follows the sensations of days and nights, shaping the tremors of life suggested by innocence, recollection, mourning, and living.
Between day and night, the presence of daily life rises as a poetic voice.
94 pages
poetrydaily lifenightmemorymourninglife
Shunsuke Tanaka's second poetry collection asks what it means to exist in a misty mountain home, looking toward the pulse of life and hope for the future. It raises the theme of existence from bodily sensation and lived place.
From a misty mountain valley, a voice questioning the self searches for a bridge toward the future.
108 pages
poetryexistenceself-inquirymountain valleylifehope