This year's Poetry Kanto features an unique ensemble of English-language poets from the U.S., Australia, Canada, and others along with Japanese poets writing in English from both here (in Japan) and in the U.S. A sincere thanks to all the 2013 contributors; and to readers, thank you for your interest in Poetry Kanto, and I hope you enjoy reading Poetry Kanto's first online issue and will visit
again to read future issues.