Water & Stone
by Emily Lupita Plum
A work of art in itself, Emily’s poetry book, Water & Stone, features the full-color Lupita in Kimono painting on the cover as well as Emily’s zen line drawing throughout.
This beautiful, hard cover art & poetry book is written in both English and Japanese, and tells a story in poetry from Japan, including Emily’s experience in the karate dojo, with zen and chi healing, as well as with Japanese traditions such as flower watching [hanami], hot springs [onsen], writing symbols [kanji], and more.
Water & Stone is a uniquely exquisite example of the bridging of two cultures through literature & art. It will make an interesting addition to your collection and a lovely gift.
Water & Stone was published in 2004 by Koumyakusya Press, Japan.
All Japanese translations copyright by Professor Mitsue Niizaki.
All illustrations copyright by Emily Lupita Plum.
Water and Stone: A Story in Poetry from Japan
by Emily Lupita Plum
Poetry Book
$20
Vince Gotera, poetry editor of the North American Review, writes of Emily’s poetry book, Water & Stone:
“This is indeed a book about love, about hard-earned wisdom, all told in the simplest of words. Here, a haiku called “rain”: a raging fire / having consumed all the trees / looks up to the sky. A senryu called “acceptance”: big office windows / facing out at the mountain / I start making tea.
Plum’s poems are deceptively simple, sounding at times like Zen truisms, which then turn out to ripple and resonate, layers of sense layered densely on layers, love affair of water and stone, flow and rest, Japan and “America.”
“Synecdoche: Brief Poetry Reviews,” Vince Gotera, North American Review, Volume 292, Number 5, September-October, 2007, pp.46.
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Water and Stone by Emily Lupita Plum
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