Author Description

Janice M Bostok tanka are candid and engaging. In them she faces life squarely, with courage and wryness - but always very gently. Her occasional vulnerability is beguiling.To read any of the tanka in this book is to go on a little journey. Each poem seems longer than it actually is because it allows the reader to share and extend the experience.The whimisical sumi-e which illustrate a number of the poems offer insight into Janice's creative energy and original mind.