Poetry and Forests and Buddhism — and poetry and Japanese and psychology and money

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• Haiku:
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  Haibun: CHO: contemporaryhaibunonline.com.
  Haiku foundation.
  Heron's Nest (web haiku).
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  HPNC (haiku poets of northern california).
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• Japanese:
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  Traditional Japanese Children's Stories at life.ou.edu/stories/momotarou.html.
  Genki self-teach:
  Genki self-study site genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en.
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• Radio:
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• sitemeter.

• Tanka:
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  'One World, Many Voices for Japan' (2011 recovery fundraiser) presentation of tanka poetry.
  Eucalypt articles (tanka).
  Tanka Society of America. tanka prose contest results for TSA.

• Travel:
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• Writing:
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