„Garrulous mice gathered“ Naoko Fujimoto, Schriftstellerin _ Give Peace A Chance _ Japan 27.11.2023

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

Garrulous mice gathered

in an attic. Their song

vegetated along the walls, windows, and an old piano—

echoing a harpsichord sonata.

Purportedly, when an effulgent

edelweiss dropped its last dew and

avalanched it on a frosty street, mice

chanted this hymn

exactly at seven thirty in the morning.

An inorganic poison sprayed on their

chamber orchestra softly but

highly muffled their notes.

Are they suffocating underneath,

noisy pests? Once,

close neighbors were treated like that in the

endless dark pit of our history.

Naoko Fujimoto, 22.11.2023

Give Peace A Chance_Akrostichon for peace:

Naoko Fujimoto, Schriftstellerin

Zur Person _ Naoko Fujimoto wuchs in Nagoya, Japan, auf und studierte am Nanzan Junior College. Als Austauschstudentin absolvierte sie ein Bachelor- und Masterprogramm an der Indiana University. Ihr Werk umfasst die Gedichtbände We Face the Tremendous Meat on the Teppan (C&R Press, 2022; ausgezeichnet mit dem C&R Press Summer Tide Pool Chapbook Award), Where I Was Born (Willow Books, 2019; ausgezeichnet als Editor’s Choice), GLYPH: graphic poetry = trans. sensory (Tupelo Press, 2021) sowie vier Chapbooks. Sie liest und lektoriert Lyrik und Übersetzungen für RHINO und Tupelo Quarterly. Fujimoto erhielt ein Bread Loaf Übersetzungsstipendium.

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Tinted Trails
Exploring Writings in English
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Texte von Naoko Fujimoto, die in Tinted Trails erschienen sind:
Gedicht „Three Chairs“ (Neuveröffentlichung)

Release: November 2023
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Price: € 22,-
ISBN: 978-3-901109-84-3

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features a best-of Tint Journal texts from issues #01 to #10, as well as new works by renowned ESL authors to show the wide and bright kaleidoscope of worldwide literature in English.

The book holds 35 texts, both poetry and prose, organized in four chapters, carefully assembled by guest editors Marjorie Agosín and Juhea Kim, consulting editors John Salimbene and Matthew Monroy, and the anthology editors Lisa Schantl, Filippo Bagnasco, Andrea Färber and Chiara Meitz. The artworks were curated and the illustrations drawn by Tint Art Editor Vanesa Erjavec.

Release: November 2023
Publisher: Verlag FORUM STADTPARK
Price: € 22,-
ISBN: 978-3-901109-84-3

Tint Journal is the leading online literary journal for those who write prose and poetry in English as their second or non-native language.

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Texte von Naoko Fujimoto, die in Tinted Trails erschienen sind:
Gedicht „Three Chairs“ (Neuveröffentlichung)

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