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‘Like a Sketch in the Morning’ — Daily Poems and Essays by JIYUCHO Owner Koyama

今朝の落書き

オーナー小山が日々書く詩やエッセイ
考え事、悩み事の言葉たち

by Shohei Koyama

The Wind Blows

Words flew away burst open in the evening light yes I needed nothing after all nothing for me. Neither resignation nor regret simply nothing here nothing left here. No need no desire simply me here. That is enough. That is enough, you know. Only my resonating body and heart or myself as something continuous. River and sea. Or simply the flow that makes them both.

Words are only an outer edge, there when scooped up, there when picked up, if only I could think of them as something like dust or air, truly.

Thank you for reading again today. Only after I manage to write while forgetting punctuation do I begin to wonder what punctuation means. To see the obvious anew, I recommend following a lively sensibility.

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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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