Poet Profile

Michiko Oishi

Born: August 02 in Tokyo, Japan

Resides: Montpelier, Vermont, United States of America

E-mail: oishi (at) comcast (dot) net

A native of Tokyo, Japan, Michiko Oishi writes Haiku and Tanka in Japanese and co-translates them with Judith Chalmer in Vermont.

Books Published: Michiko Oishi is the author and co-translator of a bilingual book of haiku and tanka, Red Fish Alphabet [Akasatana Aksakana] (Honami Syoten: Tokyo, 2008).

Selected Work
	shining track new bike new grass	faint footsteps of the wind path of fallen leaves

	strawberry feast blushing up cheeks and white shirts	school bus pulls up snowball fight melts

	fall cloud a child draws flapping away	one kitchen drawer cleaned spring stands by

Credits: All selections are from Red Fish Alphabet [Akasatana Aksakana] (Honami Syoten: Tokyo, 2008), written and co-translated with Judith Chalmer.

Michiko Oishi

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