Weaving Poetry in an Absurd World Reality and imagination, consciousness and the unconscious, presence and absence, self and other, light and shadow. Layer upon layer, these worlds interweave, becoming words, becoming poetry. This collection brings together the life’s work of poet Shugo Kawahara—including selections from his previously published poetry collections, as well as tanka, critical essays, and personal reflections. It is truly a culmination of his literary journey to date.