Poetry Festival 2012

2020年03月08日

Western-Eastern Poets in Sympathy: Poetry Reading in Kyoto 2012

Organized by Japan Universal Poets Association

Sponsored by Culture IrelandSupported by Irish Embassy in TokyoKansai Poets AssociationKyoto Poets Association

Venue: Kyoto International Community House

Dates: November 1, 2012 (Workshop Nov.2)November 1, 2012

Program

Opening

Opening Speech by Mariko Sumikura (Chair of Directors Board)
Welcome Speech by Arima Takashi (Founder, Director) Welcome Speech by Mika Yamada (Honorary Member, Lady Kyoto Governer)

Poetry Reading by Guest Poets

Hughes Labrusse (France) "Les fleurs de cerisier"

Gabriel Rosenstock (Ireland) "Uttering Her Name"

Arima Takashi (Japan) "Evensong for Silent Stars"

JUNPA　Awarding　Ceremony

Takashi Tsujii (Illusionally Flower)

Taeko Uemura (Silent and Stubborn towards Tomorrow) Yoshimasa Kanou (Sky is My Shadowless Lover)　　　　　

Reading by Japanese Poets

Yoshimasa Kanou "Fate" Akira Asuka "Compass" Chiyo Kitahara "Leaping Garuda" Tadao Sanmon "Darum Lachen am Ende die Vögel"　　　　　　　Taeko Uemura "Focus only on Tomorrow" Hiroshi Taniuchi "Plus One Word to the World"

Flute&Violin Performance by Taro Kishimoto & Yoko Kumazawa

Reading by Japanese Poets Kikumi Shimoda "When Standing on the Earth" Shoji Tamura "Last Love" Mariko Sumikura "There Are Souls in a Lump of the Earth" Tetsuji Inoue "A Piano in the Sea" Yui Tsukasa "A Moment of Flowers"

Closing Speech by Hughes Labrusse

Gabriel Rosenstock

Hughes Labrusse and Chiyo Kitahara