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I pushed a call-button on the gate
that must have rung a bell
a lamp at the entryway came on
and I heard "who is it?"
all of a sudden a dog began to bark
a child began to cry
a voice, perhaps a mother's, scolded
I sensed something tumbling down onto the floor
a plane roared passing above my head
I collected myself with a deep breath and said
"I am Mr. Sugiyama."
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1. ''Although young Sugiyama was introduced to the artistic world in his Tokyo days, he has spent most of his life in and around Kobe and Osaka, the so-called ‘Kansai’ area which includes the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto."
2. " Kansai people are known for their talkativeness and dry, sometimes self-deprecating, humour. There is nothing verbose in Sugiyama’s poetry: it is well controlled by the aesthetic and ethical disciplines of a lyric poet. But the Kansai sense of humour is unmistakably in this poem.'' [from 'Poetry International']
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1/10/2026 11:29:14 PM # 1.0.0
You are a great poet Mr. Sugiyama!