"Even major nuclear powers/ Have been completely flustered/ By an enemy as small as 0.1 micron." Tanka poems composed by Dokuho Okada, a Buddhist monk in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, had a grain of ...

The classic Japanese poetry of a professor at the University of Guam’s School of Education has been published by JustFiction Edition. Winter Woods: My Journey into Tanka by Yukiko Inoue-Smith, ...

Welcome to a poetic exploration of restaurant food like you have never experienced before. We are about to take you on a mouthwatering journey through delicious dishes, using the elegant form of tanka ...

After months of wearing masks as a matter of habit, we were told the other day that it’s now a “matter of personal choice.” This is certainly a milestone of sorts, but we’d be wise to not let our ...

Welcome to a poetic exploration of restaurant cuisine! We are about to describe delicious dishes in a unique style called tanka poems. Think of it as a journey through food, where we use words to ...

I recently read a book titled “Manyoshu was Hyangga” written by Kim Young-hoi. The book portrays a majority of ancient Japanese poems in “Manyoshu” ― a collection of a certain type of Japanese poetry ...

Striking a match / momentarily / I see the foggy ocean – / is there a motherland / I can dedicate myself to? [ The translation of above quote is by Ms. Kozue Uzawa and Ms. Amelia Fielden cited from ...

It has been 79 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and the number of people able to recount the events from first-hand experience is shrinking fast. Determined to keep the stories ...

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 ...