A collection of tanka poems by Machi Tawara ... Unable to visit her parents living far away, she wrote: "In these days of not seeing my parents, being my best gesture of daughterly love/ I ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication. Students will learn about an ancient poetic tradition of Japan. Students will write tanka poetry in the correct form. What are the poems ...

He served as a judge for the annual “Utakai Hajime,” or the Imperial New Year’s Poetry Reading ceremony, and as a tanka adviser for the imperial family. His grand resume belies his checkered ...