Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Oe Kanade

Yesterday, when you said that Hundred Poets was just a bunch of love poems, I had to admit you were right. We share the same feelings that they did in the past. However, Hundred Poets is an anthology of poetry. Their poems are still known a thousand years later, because they expressed their feelings and techniques in adherence to the 31 syllable rule. The feelings expressed are dependent on the rules! Do you really think that the president knows your true feelings after that little outburst?

Harada Sensei

That’s something you can’t know until you’ve tried it. And you still won’t understand after you play. I’ve been playing for 45 years and I still don’t understand. I’ve never been able to figure it out. That’s why I keep playing

Ayase

I never knew until the first years came, that we all cared about different things.

Karuta

I hope they will fall in love with karuta. The way we did