TWILIGHT HOURS

White petals afloat

     On a winding woodland stream—

What else is life’s dream!

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Sadakichi Hartmann’s haikus, tanka and dodoitsus were at the core of his modernist experimentation, yet at the same time a way of writing his way back into the heritage he had lost as a Japanese child emigrant. His poems featured rhyme and rhythm in addition to syllable count, in a manner similar to much of the early French  and Spanish haikuists. This collection gathers together all his published Japanese-form poetry.