New to the Introductions page is my contribution to Marje A. Dyck’s wonderful new book of tanka, Still Blue Water (Saskatoon: Calisto Press, 2012). My short introduction, titled “Belonging,” explores the prairie-influenced beauty and simplicity of Marje’s tanka. See the end of the introduction for book ordering information. Here's a sample poem:

 

        wind sighing

        through the trees

        that first night—

        knowing this

        I belong here