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Japan Traditional Haiku Association Prize にほんでんとうはいくきょうかいしょう

Edition 31 (2020)

Haiku

Winners

1 people
和田和子 わだ かずこ award

Keeping Goldfish is a sequence of haiku in which Kazuko Wada writes about the days after welcoming Tosa goldfish into her home. It observes their vivid beauty and the anxiety of caring for fragile lives, finding companionship amid solitude, ageing, and the changing seasons.

From the everyday care of goldfish emerges a quiet sense of joy and attentiveness in living alongside small, fragile lives.

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