When art becomes intense, loneliness emerges, clarity emerges, strangeness emerges. If it doesn’t go that far, it’s a lie. My past writing has been like wine, and not even the best wine. But from now on it will be like water - clear, bright, and rippling without overflowing - or so I hope. (Santoka, Teihon Santoka Zenshu)

     Through the kitchen
moonlight
          alone

Poems of Taneda Santoka is a short and varied collection of Santoka’s haiku. Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration (romaji).

Author:  Taneda Santoka
Translator: Anthony Opal
Language: Japanese / English
ISBN: 978-1-7375909-3-4
Published: April 28, 2022