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    Only the Waves: haiku & senryu
    Only the Waves: haiku & senryu
    Only the Waves: haiku & senryu
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    Only the Waves: haiku & senryu

    By Judith E.P. Johnson

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    ‘True to the grandmasters of times now past (like Issa), rather than projecting herself onto her subjects, Judith E.P. Johnson allows her subjects to breathe new life through her haiku and senryu. Precious cowrie shells culled from sparse windswept Tasmanian seascapes across a lifetime coolly reflected upon, her poems – in a slow bur

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateApr 28, 2019
    ISBN9781760417253
    Only the Waves: haiku & senryu

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