Category: Poems
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Shalom | שלום
Shalom to Israel, shalom to love.
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The Land of the Undead | ארץ האל-מתים
The Hebrew on the tombstone is the name of my maternal grandmother. Behind her is my maternal grandfather.
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Hibernation | תרדמת חורף
War, alienation, and unrequited love: life in Israel.
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Patior Ergo Vivo | 我苦故我活
I suffer, therefore I live.
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Aeneas | 埃涅阿斯
Dido’s Lament, in Taiwan.
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Sentio Ergo Patior | 我感故我苦
I feel, therefore I suffer.
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Cogito Ergo Patior | 我思う、故に我被り
I think, therefore I suffer.
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The Club of Slytherin | スリザリンのクラブ
Just another soul-crushing night of partying.
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Nevermind, Move On | 今のなし、進もう
I’ve become a fool.
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Left on Unread | 未読スルー
If only I could tread into the fog inside your head.
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A Piece of Tofu in a Korean Barbecue | 한국식 바비큐에 두부 한 조각
A bittersweet farewell to a country that made me feel like bland leftovers in a seasoned buffet.
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Why Does Life Have to Go On? | 왜 인생은 계속해야지?
An eternity has come to a close.
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And So Does My Heart, After Feeling on Top of the World | それと自分の魂、足が地に着かない後
The highs and lows of clubbing.
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My First Pride | 始めてのプライド
The first day of Tokyo Pride is as gloomy as any day.
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The Wilted Sakura | 枯れ桜
Regret and defeat at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
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For the Last Time | 最後に
Hirayu Onsen might be my last hot spring.
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Ignorance is the Opposite of Bliss | 知らぬが仏の反対
Arashiyama brings out the anxious poet in me.
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The Holiest Shrine in Japan | 日本で最も神聖な神社
A poem I wrote after visiting Ise Grand Shrine.
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Till Then, I’ll Cry | それまで、泣きます
A poem I wrote at Saigyo-an Hermitage, the mountain hut where the poet and Buddhist monk Saigyo lived in seclusion in the 12th century.
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A Leap of Faith | 清水の舞台から飛び降りる
A poem I wrote on the ferry back from Miyajima that motivated me to share my coming out story.
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A Day (or Five) in the Life of a Pilgrim | 巡礼者の一日（また五日）
Don’t pick a multi-day pilgrimage for your first hiking experience.
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Not for Long | 長くはない
A backpacker comforted by words, and haunted by regret.
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Alone in a Foreign Country | 異国で一人
Everything is different for an Israeli in the Land of the Rising Sun. Including said Israeli.