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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Hanami, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 1 week, 2 days ago
I was sitting on the Bendetson Patio during our Hanami celebration and looked into my sake cup to find the reflection of the cherry blossom tree, which disappeared as a gust of hit the liquid in my […] -
ksoni02 wrote a new post, Reaction, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Walking on the sidewalk at night after the snow storm, I stepped into what looked like solid concrete, but was actually a large puddle of wet snow.Solid ground collapsed
into cold, dark, wetness
never to […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Appreciation , on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 2 weeks ago
I was walking down the hill from Tisch Library to the campus center late at night when I looked up and saw the glimmer of snowflakes falling in line of a bright light on the roof of the campus center.Black […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Perspective, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 3 weeks ago
As I walked down Professors Row feeling distraught after a fight with my friends, I noticed rain droplets dripping off the trees’ leaves along the snow covered sidewalk.Wet leaves–
once frozen in […]
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ksoni02 commented on the post, Nothingness and form, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months ago
I really like how you put that nothingness is not nihilism. I agree fully that the loss of “self” and breaking down the prejudices and delusions constructed by society. I think a lot of it has to do with sort of […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Empty, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months ago
I was sitting in my room late at night after watching a YouTube clip of the meteor passing over a city in Russia when I looked outside my window to see the night sky.A city sleeps—
Stars pass over
never […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Letting Go , on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 1 week ago
I was sitting on the subway when I overheard a conversation of a between a woman and her friend. One of the women was talking about how she had to leave her children due to drug addiction when I noticed the color […] -
ksoni02 commented on the post, Vanishing Act by Kaveh Veyssi, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 1 week ago
I really like the observation you make about Chomei’s contradictory style of writing. To me the contradiction illustrates the conflicting human psyche. Realizing this makes the writing almost more genuine for me. […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Balance , on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 1 week ago
I went outside after the snow fell in the morning to find a dead bird on my porch and then looked up to see the sun rising over my neighborhood.A fallen bird—
Snow-covered feathers glimmer
as the sun […]
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ksoni02 commented on the post, Is it Spring? by Ge Cui, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Your poem was very striking for some reason to me, I could really picture a person feeling warmer or fill with hope that the seasons would change. With regards to your essay, while I do believe that a lot of […]
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ksoni02 wrote a new post, Of Evanescence and Form , on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I was walking down Professors Row near the Presidential Lawn in the morning when I noticed a plastic bag blowing in the wind and then get caught in a tree.A plastic bag–
Changing shape in the […]