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Robert Witmer lives in Tokyo, Japan, where he served as a Professor of English at Sophia University until his retirement in 2022. His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies. He has also published two books of poetry: Finding a Way (2016) and Serendipity (2023). Besides these original works, he served as the lead editor for a series of translations of contemporary Japanese plays, Half a Century of Japanese Theater.
"Anathema" is the perfect word here. Thank you.
To see him dance the monster mash on Fox News is unsettling, to say the least. I was unable to look away since I was on the eliptical rider at the gym, and the tv was feet away from my face. Talk about a giant cosmic kick.