Kazuko M.
@estherhawdon.bsky.social
I teach English at University. I love reading books, listening to music and watching films. My favorite writers are Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Bronte, Kazuo Ishiguro, Wilkie Collins etc.
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ICYMI I wrote about Gerhard Rühm's collection of 100 number poems, translated by Alexander Booth @wordkunst.bsky.social @twistedspoon.bsky.social
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühm roughghosts.com/2025/11/26/c...
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühm roughghosts.com/2025/11/26/c...
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühm
two! one two – one two – three! . two one two three – four . two “a recounting,” the first number poem you encounter in Gerhard Rühm’s The Folded Clock, opens with a lengthy note…
roughghosts.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
ICYMI I wrote about Gerhard Rühm's collection of 100 number poems, translated by Alexander Booth @wordkunst.bsky.social @twistedspoon.bsky.social
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühm roughghosts.com/2025/11/26/c...
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühm roughghosts.com/2025/11/26/c...
"The snow,
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"The snow,
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
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first quarter moon before the winter storm
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
first quarter moon before the winter storm
"It's drizzling,
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"It's drizzling,
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
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Gill Williams
Murmurations
Murmurations
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Gill Williams
Murmurations
Murmurations
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
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Goodnight my bluesky friends 😴 💙 💕
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Goodnight my bluesky friends 😴 💙 💕
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Morning all... (and a Ducks hello to @valarie.bsky.social and @brianlibby.bsky.social )
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Morning all... (and a Ducks hello to @valarie.bsky.social and @brianlibby.bsky.social )
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
Moonlight Wharfedale
Moonlight Wharfedale
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Moonlight Wharfedale
Moonlight Wharfedale
"I walked abroad on a snowy day:
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"I walked abroad on a snowy day:
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
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Happy Birthday, George Eliot. Thank you for writing out your beautiful heart despite everything.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Birthday, George Eliot. Thank you for writing out your beautiful heart despite everything.
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late-afternoon, coastal reserve, that period when roosting is vocality & performance & then the lift & circle, barnacle geese entering sunset & staying there, whooper swans down to overnight, the whole brassy biophany loud & present *bonus goldcrest
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
late-afternoon, coastal reserve, that period when roosting is vocality & performance & then the lift & circle, barnacle geese entering sunset & staying there, whooper swans down to overnight, the whole brassy biophany loud & present *bonus goldcrest
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the wandering forest light
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
the wandering forest light
"day after day after day
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"day after day after day
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
"life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
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Julia Pärnänen - Trees in the dark
February 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Julia Pärnänen - Trees in the dark
"at the crescent moon
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
"at the crescent moon
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
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the consolations of insomnia
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
the consolations of insomnia
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inviting you to read my mystical poem "Amulet" in Lothlorien Poetry Journal.
with thanks to editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
with thanks to editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
One Poem by Ulrica Hume
Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
inviting you to read my mystical poem "Amulet" in Lothlorien Poetry Journal.
with thanks to editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
with thanks to editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
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'Can't get that tune
out of my head,'
can't get that tree
out of
some place in me.
And don't want to
Denise Levertov, An Ancient Tree
out of my head,'
can't get that tree
out of
some place in me.
And don't want to
Denise Levertov, An Ancient Tree
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
'Can't get that tune
out of my head,'
can't get that tree
out of
some place in me.
And don't want to
Denise Levertov, An Ancient Tree
out of my head,'
can't get that tree
out of
some place in me.
And don't want to
Denise Levertov, An Ancient Tree
"I wake
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"I wake
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
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"don't cry, geese!
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"don't cry, geese!
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
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Scenes from my childhood...
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Scenes from my childhood...