Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Terri Edwards

Terri Edwards

Dabbling in poetry, fiction and nonfiction, Terri Edwards (Terrifried) holds down a job as an English teacher in Japan, where she has lived since 1988.

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About Terri Edwards

Terri Edwards (Terrifried) holds down a job as an English teacher in Japan, where she has lived since 1988. The rest of the time she watches Steve Buscemi movies, drinks white wine by the gallon and dreams of literary glory. She joined the Piker Press in December 2004.

Short

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Poem

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  • Fire Song

    Poem

  • Too Simple, Really

    Love is as simple as you want it to be.

  • Night Cat

    Blank verse. Alley cats provide the imagery to illustrate feelings of love.

  • No Longer

    Blank verse. Signs in the skies tell the story of a fading relationship.

  • Juvenilia?

    Blank verse. When it comes to art, age is meaningless.

  • Labyrinthine

    Blank verse. The architecture of emotions; some people put up more than just walls.

  • Low Life

    Blank verse. The strata of wild life provide a metaphor for devotion.

  • Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be
  • Keeping Up With The Suzukis

Opinion

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  • Myths of Modern Japan 01

    The phrase "In Japan we have four seasons" is that it is mathematically inaccurate. At the very least, there are five distinct seasons - spring, summer, autumn, winter and the dreaded rainy season (<i>tsuyu</i>) which comes between spring and summer.

Nonfiction

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  • Myths of Modern Japan 02

    No trees. Fake plastics replacing real bamboo left and right. Wildlife pressed into ever-decreasing spaces. Constant complaints about the weather. Is it any wonder that a foreigner living in Japan might blink when her neighbors tell her, "We Japanese love nature"?

  • The Mystery of the Tarim Basin Mummies

    Who were the tall caucasians who lived near China's Taklamakan Desert for two millenia before the Chinese arrived? (Originally appeared 2005-05-23)

Serial

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