Poetry Leaves

This anthology comprises poems written about the particularities

of nature in Australia and Japan, together with the multi-faceted

emotions engendered thereby.

Japanese people cherish the tanka form as much now as they

did in ancient times. And for English-speaking people, this

anthology will provide an excellent way of experiencing tanka

as English poetry.

Composed by poets in Australia and Japanese, the tanka

within these pages reveal previously unknown aspects of the

natural world, while also enabling mutual understanding of

shared feelings between the two countries.

They may be brief, but these poems will leave deep

reverberations in their readers' hearts and minds.