‘The Mahjong Flowers’: A Set of Sonnets by Margaret Coats
The Mahjong Flowers Orchid Lone in the cold of working solitude, The scholar and the orchid strain to ...
Tag: Japanese Culture
‘Star Festival’: A Poem by Margaret Coats
Star Festival The legend of the love of a heavenly weaver girl and an earthly cowherd was recorded in ...
The Society of Classical Poets 2026 Haiku Competition
. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required). Among members of ...
‘Advice for Tokyo Rose’: A Poem by Brian Yapko
Advice for Tokyo Rose February, 1943---Tokyo, Japanese Empire. Iva D’Aquino---an expatriate American national---is hired by Kenchiki Oki, on behalf of ...
A Poem About Haiku, by Susan Jarvis Bryant
Deep Water I. Kōan I ponder by the ancient pool. A frog jumps in. I hear a splash. The ...
Thanks for your comment, Lisa. As a California homeschooler, study of the missions was one thing I took up gladly.…
Paul, I don't remember the name of the English castle first experienced by my children. It was mostly ruined, and…
Thanks, Paul. Glad you enjoyed the variety of history and culture. The California mission gains a worldwide sweep with the…
A very moving and gut-wrenching piece that brings us all into your gut-wrenching loss. Thank you for sharing.
Well Mary Jane your life is a fascination. I read your comment many times with interest. I see we had…
