Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Award
近所: 小川軽舟句集
Kinjo, Keishu Ogawa’s first haiku collection, observes the nearby world in clear language while allowing urban solitude and humor to surface. As the title suggests, it looks closely at what lies underfoot rather than at distant scenery, finding poetry in ordinary life.
Work Information
By looking at what is close at hand, the poems reveal the lyric depth of everyday life.
Published by Fujimi Shobo, this first collection contrasts large movements with nearby life, as in the poem pairing migratory birds with neighborhood pigeons. It is a poised gathering of a young poet’s sense of everyday living.
Review Summaries
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Readers respond to the way the poems treat nearby scenes without exaggeration. Their appeal lies in a gaze that keeps a slight distance from daily details, letting lightness and loneliness coexist.
Book Information
- Publisher
- KADOKAWA
- Published
- 2001-09-01
- Pages
- 154 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784829174821
- ISBN-10
- 482917482X
- Price
- 3850 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
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