Articles by Terri Edwards
Poem
Fire Song
(2005-01-16) poem
Poem
Too Simple, Really
(2005-02-13) poem rhyme
Love is as simple as you want it to be.
Night Cat
(2005-03-06) poem, blank verse
Blank verse. Alley cats provide the imagery to illustrate feelings of love.
No Longer
(2006-03-20) poem blank verse
Blank verse. Signs in the skies tell the story of a fading relationship.
Juvenilia?
(2006-04-03) poem blank verse beat
Blank verse. When it comes to art, age is meaningless.
Labyrinthine
(2006-05-01) poem blank verse
Blank verse. The architecture of emotions; some people put up more than just walls.
Low Life
(2006-05-22) poem blank verse
Blank verse. The strata of wild life provide a metaphor for devotion.
Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be
(2007-01-01) poem rhymed
Keeping Up With The Suzukis
(2008-04-14) poem
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Myths of Modern Japan 01
(2005-01-23) Cover story, opinion, travel
The phrase "In Japan we have four seasons" is that it is mathematically inaccurate. At the very least, there are five distinct seasons - spring, summer, autumn, winter and the dreaded rainy season (tsuyu) which comes between spring and summer.
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Myths of Modern Japan 02
(2005-05-01) nonfiction Japan travel
No trees. Fake plastics replacing real bamboo left and right. Wildlife pressed into ever-decreasing spaces. Constant complaints about the weather. Is it any wonder that a foreigner living in Japan might blink when her neighbors tell her, "We Japanese love nature"?
The Mystery of the Tarim Basin Mummies
(2006-04-24) nonfiction culture history
Who were the tall caucasians who lived near China's Taklamakan Desert for two millenia before the Chinese arrived? (Originally appeared 2005-05-23)
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Clothes of Sand
(2005-05-23) cover story short fiction historical
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Three Japan Poems
(2008-05-05) poem haiku
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