In a very divisive, violent world, we could all use more peace, love and understanding, and Rock Island’s Rita Melissano is just the person to help provide them.

“I tilt the bottle/ wanting to trap/ the sparkling fireworks/ inside the glass marble of/ my 'ramune' soda.” Minami Towada, a junior high school first-year student, composed this tanka, beautifully ...

The classic Japanese poetry of a professor at the University of Guam’s School of Education has been published by JustFiction Edition. Winter Woods: My Journey into Tanka by Yukiko Inoue-Smith, ...

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 ...

Welcome to a poetic exploration of restaurant food like you have never experienced before. We are about to take you on a mouthwatering journey through delicious dishes, using the elegant form of tanka ...

To create a new lamp, Nendo and Luca Nichetto riffed on a tanka poem. Sure beats conference calls. To develop the design, Nichetto, who is based in Venice, and Sato, the founder of the Tokyo-based ...

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 ...

Dr. Yukiko Inoue-Smith, a professor of educational psychology and research at the University of Guam School of Education, has released a new poetry book, The Inescapable Seasons of Life – Expressing ...