Momoko Kuroda – I wait for the moon

Momoko Kuroda os a remarkable haiku spirit and a powerfully independant Japanese woman. The one hundred poems here – her first collection in English – show her evolution as a poet, het acute lyricism, and her engagement as a writer in issues central to modern Japan: postwar identity, vuclear politics, and Fukushima. Translator Abigail Friedman’s introduction and textual commentaries provide important background and superb insight into poetic allusions, themes, and craft.