NASA photo:  Planet Earth and its ‘near-Space’ debris Dobashi Jiju (1909-1993, Yamanashi, Japan) The Endearing Sea . As I lived far away from the sea, it gradually passed more out of my mind every day, like its distance. After days and days, it became like a dot, no longer looking like a sea. I felt … Continue reading “Earth Day” poems: Japanese poets on Nature – and Human Nature