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ダンスする食う寝る

Rekitei Emerging Award

ダンスする食う寝る

Shuhei Yamazaki

Shuhei Yamasaki's second poetry collection. Set against a sense of loss and urban unease, it foregrounds the motion of poetry itself through fragments and abrupt linguistic leaps.

lossurban uneasefragmentslinguistic motioncontemporary poetry

Work Information

My loss, or perhaps your loss?

Winner of the 31st Rekitei Shin-ei Prize. Published by Shichosha in 2020 as Shuhei Yamasaki's second poetry collection, it uses fragmentary language to catch loss and unease.

Review Summaries

  • It is received as a second poetry collection that affirms the uneven texture of life and pushes language out without fearing the breaks in it.

Book Information

Publisher
思潮社
Published
2020-06-15
Pages
92 pages
Language
日本語
Size
15 x 1.2 x 21 cm
ISBN-13
9784783737018
ISBN-10
4783737010
Price
2640 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/詩歌/詩集/現代詩

わたしの喪失か/あるいは/あなたたちの喪失か 窓枠を窓と定めている昨夜の 一つの結晶を問うための旅に出る(「ひかりの街」)。 「見開け/俺は少し怖い、俺は少しワクワクしている、俺は少し知りたい/生きているのに生きながら勝手に死に続けるな」(「旗手」)。 不穏な生のありようを肯定し、闇からひかりへ、破れ目を恐れず言葉を放ってゆく。4年ぶりの第2詩集。装幀=中島浩

1984年 東京都生まれ

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