NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

This slim book contains English versions of a selection of Taneda Santoka's haiku, which first appeared as two journal items in The Tohoku Gakuin Review — WEEDS WE'D WED and A LIFE TO LIVE. Santoka's work can be thought of as rather spontaneous. An introduction to Santoka's work is given at the back of the book. Santoka is a well-known poet. His father squandered the family's wealth in order to support his drinking habit, and his mother committed suicide. Santoka found her body in a well when he was just 11 years old. Santoka's younger brother also committed suicide. Santoka may have attempted suicide on one occasion. Santoka married and had a child, but his relationship with his wife deteriorated and he travelled about as a monk. Sanktoka's work is highly respected. Comments are given after some of the haiku. Some translations are written over two lines:

	nothing to wait on:
	the risen moon

	air raid sirens
	one after another
	persimmons are red

	all day saying nothing waves sounding