Nippon: Drinking Sake and Staring at Fireflies in the August of Cicadas

by Jonathan Hayes

NIPPON is, on its attractive surface, the story of a man who goes to Japan from California to marry his beloved. While he is there, the two climb Fuji, wander about, watch a baseball game. And get married.Intricacies abound. The marriage will be between cultures, so the tone and word choice of the poem moves effortlessly between influences as supple and as primal as William Carlos Williams and Mei Sheng. There is another mix: a curious one of restiveness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478328878
• ISBN13: 9781478328872
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"