Saturday, 22 March 2008

The Purpose of this Blog

Perhaps it is a little grand to describe it as a purpose. The aim of this blog is to fill in the gaps for Japanese poetry on the internet. It will include poems I have tried to find translations for without success, or those that seemed to be difficult to find. I will myself attempt to translate the poems, though acknowledging my shortcomings as I go along, and provide what commentary I can.

Should other googlers be interested in the same poems as me, please do leave comments. The poems are taken from 小さな詩歌集 (chiisa na shikashuu), a current A-Level recommended book, though I regret I'm far too old to be taking my A-Levels! If you wish to correct me about anything, do please be courteous.

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