Reflecting on the journey of anticipation and preparation leading to Christ’s birth, these short verses capture the season of ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Decades ago, my friend Caetlin received a peculiar assignment from the poet Robert L. Hass, who was then her undergraduate literature professor. He instructed each student to memorize three poems of ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa explored the poetic, not only in the repetitive music of the spoken word but also the magic hidden in ...

Tanikawa diverged from haiku and other traditions, and explored the poetic, not only in the repetitive music of the spoken ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, a pioneer of modern Japanese poetry, passed away at 92. Known for his profound and conversational style diverging from traditional haiku, he achieved acclaim with his debut 'Two ...

The miniature poems of Sheila Weaver’s newly published debut verse collection present life on a different scale — one that ...