A poetry collection that looks closely at aging and familiar landscapes. The late-life gaze quietly reconnects memories of the passing century, the atmosphere of town, and bodily feeling.

A poet standing in the neighborhood of old age gathers the light and shade of passing time.

A collected edition of Hiroshi Takeyama's tanka. War, atomic bombing, faith, and everyday pain are deeply carved into the compact vessel of the tanka form.

A sequence of brief poems preserves the voice of a life lived after the war.

A work of poetry that layers natural imagery and inner movement through the image of a tree in rain. Its quiet landscape opens feelings of loss and renewal to the reader.

The figure of a rain-soaked tree gathers both inner dampness and light.