The Japan TimesMar 6
Poetry and pecan pie — Kyoto residents waited in the rain to get one last taste of CC’s, a hotspot for literature and American comfort food. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/03/06/issues/kyoto-literary-cafe-ccs-closure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #kyoto #poetry #cidcorman #kissaten #expats
Kyoto bids farewell to a storied poets’ cafe

Opened by American poet Cid Corman in 1974, CC’s in Nakagyo Ward had served as an important gathering ground for the literary community.

The Japan Times
Trevor BurrowsDec 31

It isnt for want
of something to say--
something to tell you--

something you should know--
but to detain you--
keep you from going--

feeling myself here
as long as *you* are--
as long as you *are*.

-- Cid Corman, "It isnt for want"

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