Sonia Coman

Passages Sonia Coman

Pure poetry. Deeply moving. Reading PASSAGES fillls my heart with joy.
Rev. Howard Lee Kilby, Former Secretary, The Haiku Society of America Sonia Coman's haiku surely heals readers' minds.
Yasuomi Koganei, Director, The Meguro International Haiku Circle (Tokyo) Sonia Coman has come a long way from the landmark set by Harold G. Henderson, with her elegant haiku style in ve languages and her own haiga mode.
Shokan T. Kondo, Professor Emeritus of Seikei University (Tokyo) Destined to become an instant favorite, Passages: Haiku through the Seasons is an enchanting collection in five languages. Written by celebrated haiku poet Sonia Coman, whose first haiku poem at age 10 was shared across Japan by one of the country's leading tea companies, Passages invites us to explore the many facets of the diamond of the everyday and the beauty of life between heartache and promise. Presented with original illustrations from the author, the haiku in Passages take you from the humorous to the sublime to the soaring and back again. Enjoy the journey. Sonia Coman is a Harvard- and Columbia-educated art historian, awarded haiku poet, and published graphic artist. This is her third poetry book. She lives in New York City.