Shunsuke Tsurumi talks about poetry

Dry some utterly nonsensical cod Night after night Maybe I'll eat one

Tanikawa: [Poems] just come out of nowhere, without thinking about anything? Tsurumi: That's right. It's not like I'm going to start working on something or anything like that; it's just something that comes out of nowhere, and that becomes poetry.

A poet bound together by the single character "Shun," and a former student poet, discuss poetry freely and without restraint.

A legendary three-way conversation revived on the centenary of Tsurumi Shunsuke's birth!

Tsurumi Shunsuke, centenary of his birth. Is there anything I can do for this not-so-great "weird student"? That's when I remembered the manuscript at the bottom of the box. The more I looked through it and read it over and over, the stronger my feelings became. This cannot be left dormant. I immediately consulted with Tanikawa-san, and he completely agreed. And so this manuscript came to see the light of day.

"The Power of Poetics." That was the title of the first publication. A truly insightful observation. Here, Shunsuke Tsurumi fully and completely reveals the deep feelings he has poured into his poetry over many years. I sincerely hope that many people will have the opportunity to read this book.

(From the afterword by Tsutomu Shozu in this book)