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I. Who knows the parkade is copy machine? The cars which are spun and spit out of the square box, whether Peugeot, Mercedes, or Jaguar, are all made of papers.

II. Rain falls on the town. The used copy paper, stained with ink, loses its way home. The wind is blowing. Inkjet print dances lightly through the valley of the buildings.

III. A road sweeper runs on the breakdown lane at midnight. Along with the fallen leaves of the ginkgo, the Xerox cars disappear below the horizon.

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Xerox Fancy Car

© poetry by hiromi suzuki, 2022

published in BlazeVOX22 Spring 2022

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I. I am standing on the bank of canal, On the way to the launderette.

II. An outdated dress in ultramarine colour I loved, Buds of roses singing are in my laundry basket.

III. Looking for the flow of time, I am waiting for a lock to open.

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Waiting for a Lock to Open

© poem and photo-collages by hiromi suzuki, 2021

published in BlazeVOX21 Spring 2021

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Chick called Daisy is Sleeping in a rusty tin can  Feeling a remaining scent of Fermented Darjeeling tea leaves

Tin can is filled with family portraits Mother is talking to the picture of me

This is you A newborn baby

Chick called Daisy Is the eye of day

Darjeeling Daisy

© Text Art /  a poem + collages by hiromi suzuki, 2019

published in BlazeVOX19 Fall 2019  (PDF)

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1. a canary singing dreams a dream in decadent jungle, seems to be forgetting an ancient giant's riant chant.

2. campari soda pops to bloom the bouquet in immortal stomach. poached egg as moonlight. asparagus as paddle.

3. climb the early morning sky, hand a cup of coffee to the cloud. how beautiful the world is! how worthy the youth is!  how do i complete my life?

La vie en rose

© poems and artworks by hiromi suzuki, 2018

published in BlazeVOX18 Spring 2018  (PDF)

creeks are carrying silent water toward your body and heart.

the index finger wet with the rain is pulsating like the vein and plucking the guitar in low tone.

© poetry and collages with original photographs by hiromi suzuki, 2017

three poetry collages 'eternal loop'

published in BlazeVOX17 Spring 2017  (PDF)

Wednesday Poetry Corner: Light Reading by Stephan Delbos

Emerging from disparate scraps of phrases and images, Light Reading by Stephan Delbos is anything but. Broken into three sections, Light Readingoffers wry observations, metafictional sleight of hand, pop cultural references, and Prague-centric psychogeography. Delbos teaches at Charles University and Anglo-American University in Prague. Along with Louis Armand and David Vichner, he forms a kind…