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Rock at the Roadside
Contributor(s): Ogi, Saeko (Author)
ISBN: 1922332348     ISBN-13: 9781922332349
Publisher: IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd)
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2020
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Asian - Japanese
- Poetry | Haiku
- Poetry | Women Authors
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 212 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Poet and artist Saeko Ogi's latest collection, Rock by the Roadside, features an array of Japanese poems in translation, with the assistance of Amelia Fielden, and travels from her life in Japan to her more recent experiences in Australia. There is peace to be found in gardens and many tanka dotted throughout this collection illustrate how Saeko-who is living on the banks of a lake-is inspired by her environment.


When we read tanka like this:


folding a triangle

and then making another

origami fold-

that's what it's like now

with my brother's widow

we intuit that Saeko Ogi, is a compassionate poet who has dovetailed multiple layers of sorrow and joy into her long life, and settle in to devour page after page of her tanka.