Striking a match / momentarily / I see the foggy ocean – / is there a motherland / I can dedicate myself to? [ The translation of above quote is by Ms. Kozue Uzawa and Ms. Amelia Fielden cited from ...

After months of wearing masks as a matter of habit, we were told the other day that it’s now a “matter of personal choice.” This is certainly a milestone of sorts, but we’d be wise to not let our ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication. Students will learn about an ancient poetic tradition of Japan. Students will write tanka poetry in the correct form. What are the poems ...

"Even major nuclear powers/ Have been completely flustered/ By an enemy as small as 0.1 micron." Tanka poems composed by Dokuho Okada, a Buddhist monk in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, had a grain of ...

University of Guam School of Education professor of Foundations, Educational Research and Human Services Dr. Yukiko Inoue-Smith recently received the Certificate of Merit for a poem she submitted to ...