Tokyo Correspondence

I have a new book out: "The New and Selected Yuri _ Writing From Peeling till Now," Ishmael Reed Publishing Co. ( Amazon US site ...

Abortion _ a poem by Yuri Kageyama circling earth spinning mind I dread the scalpel and the guilt the blood does not come words careless wor...

From Yuri To Yuri _ Japanese Womanhood Across Borders Of Time A Contemporary Renku Poem (a work in progress) Yuri Matsueda and I have been t...

I've decided to change the haiku from before to this: 八重桜 ここにいます！と どぶに散る Yaezakura I am here! Scattering petals in the ditch The way I...

So I have more: 春の朝 ピンクが爆発 シフォン舞う spring morning pink explodes chiffon whirls ^___ なき孫が 小皺に霞む 化粧水 dead grandchild a blurring thought lost ...

Recently, I ran into a cab driver who was a haiku poet. He read me his haiku about Girls' Day dolls sitting in the darkness where the fr...

with didgeridoo by Keiji Kubo

From Yuri To Yuri: Japanese Womanhood Across Borders of Time A Contemporary Renku Poem (A Work in Progress). By Yuri Matsueda and Yuri Kage...

From Yuri To Yuri Japanese Womanhood Across Borders of Time By Yuri Matsueda and Yuri Kageyama 2008 in Tokyo (1) 20年後あるいは30年後かの自分と対峙し 瞳の深...

Poet YURI KAGEYAMA and percussionist WINCHESTER NII TETE present “TALKING TAIKO,” a multicultural evening of the spoken word with music that...

Inch-key Inch-key Bag full of lies Falsehood fake fraud phoniness Inch-key Inch-key Boss doing side jobs on the sly Husband hiding lipstick ...

Photos by KABE-CHUSHIN. Poet YURI KAGEYAMA presents The TOKYO FLOWER CHILDREN in an Evening of Multicultural Poetry and Music at The Pink Co...

Everybody loves Winchester. From left to right Teruyuki Kawabata (percussion, guitar, song, composition), Keiji Kubo (didgeridoo/bass) and Y...

More photos by KABE-CHUSHIN ... Winchester Nii Tete on kpanlogo drums and me doing "SuperMom."