Who needs a time machine when you can hop on a plane to Japan. — or go to an online magazine? At web-japan.org/trends Trends in Japan brings surfers the futuristic weirdness of a land that is latching on to rice vinegar bars, seaweed electricity and super-toilets.
As a meeting of form and medium the poem, with its typically short format, and the blog, with its need for regular postings, are well matched. One of the best such is at edenandexile.blogspot.com, by a writer known as A.D. The poems are riven with melancholy, yet are ultimately rewarding.