a thousand reasons
to leave him
a thousand reasons
to stay...
withering bamboo
– Pamela A. Babusci
A Thousand Reasons contains 120 individual tanka by Babusci, whose work is familiar to readers of literary journals and online sites in the U.S. and around the world, as well as an introduction by award winning US poet Tom Clausen and an afterword by British poet/songwriter and editor of Three Lights Gallery Liam Wilkinson.
"She has a daring in her tanka that both upholds certain traditions as well as offers groundbreaking exploration of her uninhibited inner being," writes Clausen. "This collection of tanka goes well beyond love to touch on every woman’s concerns and, for that matter, every person’s joys and struggles."
Babusci has received honors in: the Museum of Haiku Literature Awards; the International Tanka Splendor Awards; the Yellow Moon Tanka Competition (Australia); the Kokako Tanka Competition (New Zealand); the Basho Festival Haiku Contests (Japan); the Suruga Baika Literary Festival (Japan); and Joint Third Prize for the First With Words International On-Line Haiku Competition—among others. In 2008, she both sponsored and adjudicated the First International EroticTanka Contest. Babusci is also an acclaimed haiga artist.
For more information about A Thousand Reasons (softcover 80 pp, cover price $14.00) or to order, contact Pamela A. Babusci at: 150 Milford Street, Apt. 13, Rochester, NY 14615-1810 USA or email her at: moongate44@gmail.com
