This book of tanka, an ancient style of Japanese poetry, includes essays written to accompany and...

Years of studying and teaching in different academic settings have provided Inoue-Smith with many...

Compared to haiku, Japan¿s oldest poetry genre called ¿tankä (or ¿wakä traditionally) is not so f...

¿I shall live here and now,¿ I told myself. To say this is easy, but to practice it every day is ...

This title is an IGI Global Core Reference for 2019 as it highlights the profound shift from trad...

I have come to realize the huge benefits of having pets. In the spring of 2013, two cats came int...

The mission of higher education in the 21st century must focus on optimizing learning for all stu...

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In recent years, I have become fascinated by the plumeria. One associates the plumeria with beaut...

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Escape. This is an essential theme for my tanka. Feelings of wanting to escape. What I am talking...