In his poetry collections, Jacob D. Salzer beckons readers to unplug from the sea of digital distractions to soak in the beauty and wonder of life through the art of haiku and tanka. BookLife chatted ...
In 1901, poet Akiko Yosano's "Midaregami" ("Tangled Hair") was published. This collection of 399 sensual, explicit tanka and haiku poems broke with the formal traditions set down centuries before. Her ...
MATSUYAMA -- A report and multiple tanka -- a form of Japanese poetry -- written by an Imperial Japanese Army colonel from the front lines of the Battle of Guadalcanal have been found at the home of a ...