Pining for “MIYAKO”… from a Far, Distant Strand – After an Encounter with Oystercatchers ( a species of bird the Japanese call MIYAKODORI, 都鳥, the Capital Bird) on a Long Island, New York, Beach

By Avi Landau Many of Japan’s greatest works of classical poetry are expressions of longing. While some focus on lovers, would-be-lovers or loved-ones, as the object of desire, there are also others ( a whole sub-genre) in which the aristocratic poets, either sent into far-off exile or to government-posts far out in the provinces, pine… Read More Pining for “MIYAKO”… from a Far, Distant Strand –…