What to read after Poetry Leaves?

これは、豪州と日本の歌人が綴った短歌アンソロジー。

８世紀ごろに芽生えた日本の伝統的短詩のスタイル、短歌の形で、それぞれの国独特の自然を謳い、又、それぞれが抱く情緒をそれに託して詠いあげたアンソロジー。

日本の現代人が、この詩形を今なお日常的に楽しみ、又、英語国民が英詩の一つに昇華させたことを知るアンソロジー。

これらの短歌に、読者は未知の自然の姿を発見し、又、思いがけず、両国の人々の共通した感情を知るアンソロジー。

この短歌というスタイルが、短いながら、奥深い余韻を読者の心に響かせるのを知るアンソロジー。

This anthology comprises poems written about the particularities of nature in Australia and Japan, together with the multi-faceted emotions engendered thereby.

Japanese people cherish the tanka form as much now as they did in ancient times. And for English-speaking people, this anthology will provide an excellent way of experiencing tanka as English poetry.

Composed by poets in Australia and Japanese, the tanka within these pages reveal previously unknown aspects of the natural world, while also enabling mutual understanding of shared feelings between the two countries.

They may be brief, but these poems will leave deep reverberations in their readers’ hearts and minds.