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.
About Terri Edwards
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Clothes of Sand — cover story short fiction historical
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Fire Song — poem
Poem
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Too Simple, Really — poem rhyme
Love is as simple as you want it to be.
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Night Cat — poem, blank verse
Blank verse. Alley cats provide the imagery to illustrate feelings of love.
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No Longer — poem blank verse
Blank verse. Signs in the skies tell the story of a fading relationship.
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Juvenilia? — poem blank verse beat
Blank verse. When it comes to art, age is meaningless.
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Labyrinthine — poem blank verse
Blank verse. The architecture of emotions; some people put up more than just walls.
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Low Life — poem blank verse
Blank verse. The strata of wild life provide a metaphor for devotion.
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Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be — poem rhymed
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Keeping Up With The Suzukis — poem
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Myths of Modern Japan 01 — Cover story, opinion, travel
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.
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Myths of Modern Japan 02 — nonfiction Japan travel
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"?
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The Mystery of the Tarim Basin Mummies — nonfiction culture history
Who were the tall caucasians who lived near China's Taklamakan Desert for two millenia before the Chinese arrived? (Originally appeared 2005-05-23)
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Three Japan Poems — poem haiku