Each day during the month of April, KUOW is highlighting the work of Seattle-based poets for National Poetry Month. In this series curated by Seattle Civic Poet and Ten Thousand Things host Shin Yu ...

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 ...

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 ...

Depart (Tanka poem) Time has grown stale Her words are just wasted sparks Her empty eyes scream They scream forced apologies Like this never meant a thing. Crisis Management (lyric poem) It’s like ...

Members of the Imperial family attend the New Year’s Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. - Pool photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO: The annual Imperial ceremony of Utakai Hajime ...