When did you write it, and under what circumstances?

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If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?

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“Dear Future Me” is a series in which Shohei Koyama—poet and owner of JIYUCHO — delivers poetic words in Japanese and English, like letters to his future self that trace the subtleties of everyday life. I hope this becomes a place like your mailbox where postcard poems arrive.

You can read the previous series
“This Morning’s Drawing” here→

Bringing Flowers

2025-10-21

I don't know much about the beautiful meaning of words

only that bringing flowers feels more honest

I just learned from my friends, movies, and novels

Flowers are an expression better than any sentence ever written

Bringing flowers is the best poem I have ever made

Giving flowers to you is the best novel I have ever written

About this piece

When did you write it, and under what circumstances?: 英語で書いたものを、日本語に訳してみた。するといつもよりずっと、シンプルで美しく感じた。
If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?: 単純な四つのコード進行をピアノで。

About JIYUCHO owner Koyama

Began writing poetry as a student. Deeply moved by Shuntaro Tanikawa’s Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude, where physical laws were expressed in beautiful words. While wandering the world, continued writing poetry and founded a company at the age of 27. In May 2018, released TOMOSHIBI POST, a web service that allows people to send letters to their future selves. In August 2019, opened JIYUCHO in Kuramae, Tokyo. In December 2023, opened FUTO, a poetic café and second location. In August 2024, published the poetry collection The World at Last, with You and Me. Graduated from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science. Studied abroad in Seattle, Washington, USA, for one year during university.

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