Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award げんだいかじんきょうかいしょう
Edition 62 (2018)
TankaTanka collectionNewcomer award
Winners
1 peopleMonica Sato's tanka collection weaves together life in Okinawa, child rearing, local colors, and memories of food, quietly portraying the brightness and unease of daily life, bodily sensation, and the passage of time.
A tanka collection that places the shifting time of becoming a mother within Okinawan light and the texture of daily life.
143 pages
tankaOkinawachild rearingdaily lifebodily sensation