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...sized holes, fluttering with an army of white paper banners. This is the battleground itself, a place where writers tack up their poems, and critics tear them down-figuratively, never literally--or offer advice. The warriors: anonymous scribblers. The shot: a verse like this one, by a mysterious poet, "Tokio Rose...
...poem is vintage Tokio Rose: like a slap in the face--stinging-hot but strangely cool. Its power lies in the bowling ball idea. Not really an "image" because it's more tactile than visual, it is a simile so original, massive, and vivid that it forces you to touch what shocks you. The twin holes of the bowling ball suggest the dichotomy between good and evil, sex and love, shit and "shit." The reader senses bitterness and self-recrimination amidst unrepentant profanity...
...Tokio Rose has attracted as many partisans as foes. "Jesus Christ--Wonderful, wonderful--This is great! My god! You say what many think but are uncomfortable saying or even thinking--i.e.=me," reads one scrawled comment below "Dirty." "Fucking brilliant imagery," declares another. Some, like "Oedipus," offer encouragement: "Tokio--Baudelaire said, 'Every idea is endowed with immortal life.' Keep writing." (Tokio's elliptic response: "Get drunk.") Others offer their own verses, like this one addressed "To Tokio...
...Tokio's enemies who write most vehemently. "B.H.L." dismisses much of the work on the poetry board as "a bunch of useless, profane, empty words." "Grow up people," B.H.L. advises. It doesn't take brains to use the world 'fuck'." Tokio's response in the margin: "What the FUCK do you mean by that? It does take brains to use it effectively. You're just afraid of the word 'cause mom & dad don't like...
...TOKIO KUMAGAI, 38, was already celebrated for his elegant, whimsical footwear before he showed his first collection for men just a year ago. He lives in Paris but commutes to Tokyo for four monthlong visits each year. His clothes, which feature sharp lines and muted colors, have a worldliness that combines Eastern ease with Western tailoring. "I have tried to bring different cultures together," he remarks. Kumagai sees contemporary Japan as an imperfect blend of the traditional and the new: "I have tried to mix them the right way. In the '80s, many designers have tried to destroy balance...