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Original, contemporary haiku celebrating the sports and athletes of the Olympics – from an acclaimed poet and an international gallery of guests.

Award-winning haiku poet Kit Pancoast Nagamura offers a collection of original poems that explore the beauty, physical effort, and essence of all the sports of the summer Olympics.

At first glance, haiku and sports may seem like an odd pairing. But actually, there’s a strong similarity between the two. The grace, balance, and focus that are required of an athlete are exactly what the haiku poet seeks in order to capture an emotion, a mood, an action in just a few, carefully chosen words.