>As Motokiyu once said: "It is always wonderful to have fascinated
>readers, no matter how confused or anxious they may be."
I'll pass on your concerns about Mr Yasusada's mental condition to him,
Kent, although I'm not sure how much of the texts under his name he's read.
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "KENT JOHNSON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Hoaxes and Heteronymity interview
As Motokiyu once said: "It is always wonderful to have fascinated
readers, no matter how confused or anxious they may be."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Araki Yasusada" [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2002 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: Hoaxes and Heteronymy interview
Dear Mr Bircumshaw
Esteemed sir, I thank you for your correspondence on this
subject. Until
recently, I was most unknowing of these matters, as English I
have not long
met, but I would be thanking if you would let know a wider world of
truth.
Johnson Kent's theft of my name and life is of great distress to
me, more so
made by it being like but not like truth. A poet I am, yes, and of
Hiroshima, but I was not even born at Ground Zero time. My father
it was who
lived at then, revered ticket collector on Japanese railway as he
was, and
though I write haiku no renga they are as always they have been
written.
What is this verse that is called 'free'? Who are these American
poets, I
have never heard of any, why have I received no royalties from
works
published in my name. Mr Ito, my friend, who works for a law firm,
says I
have legal claim for recompensation. I do not eat fuku.
Johnson Kent has much to answer for.
Yours, respectfully
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