This is the poetry section.  I have been writing poetry for years, but mostly just for my own therapy
(I suppose that`s what you could call it...)  I was published in the National Anthology of Poetry in 1996, and was listed among the New Poets of 1998.  For my work I have received a couple of Editor`s Award and Honorable Mentions in various competitions.  The bottom line is that I love poetry, and I hope to link you to some good poetry sites.  The few listed below are some of my own works, and there is a lot more of it if anybody is interested.  Also, recently I was asked to write poems for specific occasions, and have been paid to do birthday or wedding poetry as gifts.  If anyone needs a good gift for somebody, I will be a poet for hire--just contact me at [email protected] and we`ll e-talk about it.

Okay, hope you enjoy the following:


the teahouse poem

the typhoon

itoi elementary

images of autumn

tabata hideyuki