Friendship of Twin Cities (Mississauga, Canada & Kariya, Japan)

More poems have been written by Anna Yin for her project: Polyphonic celebration for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary. Anna will visit Japan in April 2024, she will continue writing…She also invites writers/artists in Kariya, Japan to contribute. Please send with subject: Celebration of Mississauga’s 50th anniversary for Twin Cities, to [email protected]

Photos from Mississauga Friendship Association (MFA). Thanks.

newly booked ticket to Tokyo
snow in our city
I think of Kariya’s cherry blossom

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New year’s leaflets flutter
I catch pink petals
from MFA’s photo gallery

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Mount Fuji
friends from twin cities
gathering in Kimonos

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hosts exchange
flags of Japan and Canada
face painting

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making matcha tea
a lighter taste of
maple syrup

新订的东京机票
密市的雪花
让我想起刈谷的白樱花

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新年的传单飘扬
粉红的花瓣
来自友谊协会的摄影图库

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富士山美景
姐妹城朋友相聚
和服媲美

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东道主交换
两国鲜艳的国旗
印在脸上

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制作抹茶
浅浅地留下
枫糖浆味道

(Kariya Garden) painting by Nisreen Art

almost here
the temptation
of cherry blossom

painting by Nisreen Art

50th anniversary
sweet vigil
Twin Towers at the heart

painting by Nisreen Art

new renovation
the expansive center bright
spring in blossom

from twin cities
friends in bright Kimonos
gathering canopy’s green

fresh-made matcha tea
a lighter taste of maple syrup
and our friendship

Other projects:
Awakening, Public Art and Poetry Film Project of Mississauga 2023
Mississauga Arts Council features Anna Yin’s haiku project as a “MicroGrant Success Story” in 2022