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My poem, “From Left to Right I Ponder Politics and Kanji,” is up at Bonnie McClellan’s International Poetry Month Celebration

Posted on February 22, 2017 by robert okaji

My poem, “From Left to Right I Ponder Politics and Kanji,” is up at Bonnie McClellan’s International Poetry Month Celebration. She’ll be presenting 28 poems following this year’s theme of “Neural Networks: The Creative Power of Language.” It’s been a fun, interesting month, with more to come.

18 thoughts on “My poem, “From Left to Right I Ponder Politics and Kanji,” is up at Bonnie McClellan’s International Poetry Month Celebration”

rivrvlogr on February 21, 2017 at 8:28 am said:

It would seem your knowledge seeks its own level.

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- robert okaji on February 21, 2017 at 3:55 pm said:
  
  It gathers and settles, gathers and settles, but never subsides.
  
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Ilakkiyaa on February 21, 2017 at 10:37 am said:

What’s kanji?

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- robert okaji on February 21, 2017 at 3:56 pm said:
  
  The Japanese writing system, which is derived from the Chinese.
  
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  - Ilakkiyaa on February 22, 2017 at 2:29 am said:
    
    Okay 🙂
    
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A. L. Kaplan on February 21, 2017 at 3:24 pm said:

congratulations.

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- robert okaji on February 21, 2017 at 3:56 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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MicheleMariePoetry on February 21, 2017 at 4:01 pm said:

You have a good poem reading voice, Lovely poem.

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- robert okaji on February 21, 2017 at 4:16 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Michele Marie!
  
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Mary Tang on February 21, 2017 at 5:26 pm said:

The Chinese character for ‘wind’ 風 used to be 鳳 (phoenix) – the disturbance of air current created by the phoenix rising, perhaps therein lies the myth that wind was created by the phoenix.

風 has now been further simplified to 风, an ‘x’ marks where the bird 鳥, then the worm 虫 used to be. Appropriate as literacy diminishes.

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- robert okaji on February 21, 2017 at 6:07 pm said:
  
  I love learning these bits of history! Thank you, Mary.
  
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A Transit Diary, of Sorts. on February 21, 2017 at 10:00 pm said:

Congratulations! Thank you for your poem and your excellent reading. Nice to have the audio file along with the text.

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- robert okaji on February 22, 2017 at 4:13 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Nate. I’m hoping to add more recordings to the blog in the future.
  
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mariasjostrand on February 22, 2017 at 7:22 am said:

Congratulations 🙂

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- robert okaji on February 22, 2017 at 4:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much!
  
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Sunshine Jansen on February 22, 2017 at 1:02 pm said:

“Left to down, up to right” is exactly how it feels to me. Fantastic poem. And sound advice; considering water is just what gets me through the day — and that glass of wine at the end sure doesn’t hurt. 🙂

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- robert okaji on February 22, 2017 at 4:15 pm said:
  
  I’ve felt dizzy these past few months…
  
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pratap singh on February 22, 2017 at 10:27 pm said:

Touching heart and mind like musical octave

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