MADOKA MAYUZUMI

Born in 1962, she did not begin writing haiku until she was in her
twenties, although her father is also a recognized haiku poet. She
worked as a bank receptionist in Tokyo, and a TV reporter, before
discovering her poetic vocation. She first received acclaim when poems
she submitted won an award from the Kadokawa publishing house in 1994.
Her haiku are notable for their romantic and urban flavor, and for
bringing new elements into the tradition.

Read more about her life here
http://www.madoka575.co.jp/pages/profile_e.htm

Her pages in Japanese
http://www.madoka575.co.jp/pages/mm.htm


She sends an email newsletter with a kigo and haiku every morning!
order it HERE
http://www.madoka575.co.jp/

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You can find a number of her haiku here, in English (site last updated in March, 2003):

http://www.nikkansports.com/madoka/index_e.html

Etsuko san has mentioned Madoka's father as one of her teachers, and has posted some of Madoka's father's haiku on her yahoo group, "cherrypoetryclub."

Twenty of Madoka's haiku also appear in Ueda's book,
"Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women."

There are other of her haiku scattered around the internet in book reviews, newspaper columns, etc.

Larry Bole
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/haikuinformation/message/433

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