Note:Line 10 written by 'public poet' Luke Davis after a chance encounter on London's Southbank in the middle of the collaboration.
Taylor Mignon, a poet, translator & amateur critic is a cofounder of Tokyo Poetry Journal, editing the “Japan and The Beats” book-length edition (v5) and the “Butoh and Poetry” issue (v6, with Jordan Smith). He translated surrealist poet Torii Shōzō (1932-1994), for the collected volume, Bearded Cones & Pleasure Blades.
John Francis Cross, author of poetry and spoken word collections 88 and Drunk God Sees Poet, and novels Ghosh in China and I Am Xeluco, was born in Lancashire, England, has worked in China, Australia and India, and is now living and writing in Tokyo.