Depths is Takahiro Otsuji's fourth tanka collection. Its sharp metaphors catch everyday sensation while the poems deepen the physical and scenic dimensions of the poet's world.

A fourth collection that lets even the blurred clouds before snow sink into the depths of perception.

Walking Buddha is Matsuo Watanabe's third tanka collection. It turns human life and bodily weight into tactile figures such as Buddhist statues and sticks, raising quiet pain and strength at the same time.

Even a life like a stick has length; the poems turn that pain into song.