{"id":29404,"date":"2022-10-25T11:47:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/?p=29404"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T22:52:14","slug":"gathering-the-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2022\/10\/25\/gathering-the-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering the Voices: Yumi Fuzuki Gives Stirring Poetry Reading at Tokyo Peace Symposium 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=814204980  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:788\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:0abb3b0b5759d84920505205422218cf\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2022_09_21_TokyoPeaceSymposium_PhotoByKenKatsurayama-264.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29406\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yumi Fuzuki reads her work, &#8216;Gathering the voices,&#8217; at Japan Institute&#8217;s Tokyo Peace Symposium. Photo by Ken Katurayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan Institute is holding six Peace Symposia on six continents, the first having been held in <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2022\/09\/12\/tokyo-peace-symposium-press-release\/\">Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 2022<\/a>. Among the highlights of a day filled with many was a commissioned poetry reading by Yumi Fuzuki. Fuzuki, recipient of the Gendai Shi Tech\u014d and Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Modern Poetry prizes, was selected by Japan Institute in partnership with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/poetrysociety.org.uk\/\">Poetry Society of the U.K<\/a>., a globally respected organization founded in 1909 that advances poetry through its publications, competitions, and collaborations with international organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yweaDRAqGKU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This pursuit of a happier and healthier tomorrow radiates in Fuzuki\u2019s work, <em>Gathering the voices<\/em> (available to read down below). Building off the heart aching consequences of violence, Fuzuki explores Japan\u2019s unique perspective on peace and beckons us all to join her in listening to those who have survived calamity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees at the Peace Symposium were also given a printout of a poem by Hiromitsu Koiso. Titled <em>droning<\/em>, this work explores a personal moment of peace. It was written in the form of a <em>haibun<\/em>, a Japanese style of poetry in which prose is followed by a haiku. This is also available to read below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=238242703  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:788\/h:525\/q:mauto\/rt:fill\/g:ce\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022_09_21_TokyoPeaceSymposium_PhotoByKenKatsurayama-270.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29407\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yumi Fuzuki reads her work, &#8216;Gathering the voices,&#8217; at Japan Institute&#8217;s Tokyo Peace Symposium. Photo by Ken Katurayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Up Next: <em>Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature <\/em>in London, England<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is Japan Institute\u2019s pleasure to share that Victoria Adukwei Bulley has been commissioned for a poetry reading at <em>Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature<\/em>, the organization\u2019s Peace Symposium being held in London, England on December 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022. Bulley, an award-winning poet who has received multiple fellowships and held residencies in the U.S., Brazil, and U.K. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2022\/jun\/06\/poem-of-the-week-air-by-victoria-adukwei-bulley\">has been praised by <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, which wrote, \u201cAdukwei\u2019s spirited and generous work is not always quiet: there are overtly political poems, poems in experimental forms, and a number of spectacularly powerful prose poems, including a long and dazzling riff on \u2018noise.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the conclusion of all six Peace Symposia, Japan Institute will publish a book of the poetry that has been included in their programming. It will include work by winners of a challenge sponsored by Japan Institute and the Poetry Society of the U.K. as well as Fuzuki, Bulley, and other commissioned poets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=680276729  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:788\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022_09_21_TokyoPeaceSymposium_PhotoByKenKatsurayama-263.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20788%20524%22%20width%3D%22788%22%20height%3D%22524%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22788%22%20height%3D%22524%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29408\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Her Imperial Highness Princess Tsuguko (l) and Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden CEO Steve Bloom listen to Fuzuki&#8217;s reading. Photo by Ken Katsurayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Gathering the voices<\/em>, by Yumi Fuzuki<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When August comes, \u201cvoices\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gather from across Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voices of war experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aged survivors\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">words tremble from anger and fear and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the youth who know nothing of war are convinced in their surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe wounds have not yet healed,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent the anniversary this year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with the story of a woman who was exposed in utero in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many soldiers who return from the battlefield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">suffer flashbacks from PTSD, they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unable to release the trauma,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">they re-experience it all, against their will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For them, it\u2019s not the past, or an after-effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is an imminent danger in this very moment,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and each time, their heart sheds blood anew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Counseling techniques have advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I\u2019ve never heard someone argue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that the deep harm caused to soldiers\u2019 minds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is reason enough not to send them to battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In death tolls seen on screen, in the shadow of bombing raids,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">are littered unspeakable damage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and unseen wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How has \u201cpeace\u201d come to be talked about in Japan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most widely known \u201cpeace\u201d is the one in the Constitution,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">long spoken of as an antonym for war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In daily conversation, though, the meaning may indeed be different\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a calm and relaxed state of mind, it suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This peace is not something that can be controlled with sheer force;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it exists softly inside one\u2019s own heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with it comes an assurance toward the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">which nothing can disturb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese do not verbalize this,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so what is \u201cpeace\u201d to us may seem a strange thing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">quite unlike other nations envision it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A societal \u201cpeace\u201d maintained through order and diplomacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and this inner \u201cpeace\u201d flow together,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gently rippling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">at my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we think of peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">let us look for the wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So as not to cover over unseen injuries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with vague, big words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So as not to close ourselves off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or turn our eyes from that hurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in our desperation for tranquility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So that above all else, we do not collude with those who cause harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In belief that we can change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">our own selves for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us listen to the voices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of those who survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I will speak without hesitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in this voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A new poem by Yumi Fuzuki<\/em><br><em>Translated from Japanese by Morgan Giles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1319450158  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Photo by Ken Katsurayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>droning, by Hiromitsu Koiso<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when i went downstairs at midnight i noticed he was absorbed with humming in the kitchen. his nasal music was loud enough to hear clearly, &amp; he went in a different direction with the melody line than expected. that was disappointing. i imagined he was actually a bassist, as half of human beings belong in the rhythm section. the radio was playing \u201cride of the valkyries\u201d at full blast. he ignored the excitement of wagner &amp; kept his droning at work\u2013\u2013\u2013a kind of riot. we were supposed to sleep, but he stuck to echoing his inner space. if the night washed over us, either i would stop his humming or just watch it wash us up. if the night silenced the arc of monotone music, we would go back to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">a syllable rises &amp; 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