Today's poem
An independent bookshop POPOTAME (ポポタム http://popotame.net/ ) is awfully cute with a unique collection of books and zines with a little quirkiness. Yesterday I visited the bookshop at Mejiro, Toshima (near my childhood home!), then came across a South Korean charming zine entitled Gonggi. I was mesmerized by the elaborately crafted zine. Gonggi is a traditional Korean kid's game.
The zine shows various playing scenes thereof with green and gold foil stamping on tea-green paper.
Gonggi published by ADD TO CART, illustration & Design by 0.1, the object (South Korea)
The bookshop has space for selling books and a gallery. Yesterday there was an exhibition of acrylic paintings by the painter MISSISSIPPI ( https://mississippi.mystrikingly.com/ ). Indeed, his actual paintings had power to move me. Some works were sold out (i.e., with red circle marks!).
After seeing the zine, several poems with children's play come across my mind. One of them is X. J. Kennedy's 'Little Elegy'. The poem is well-created with a skipping rope. Please click below.