This is a collection of haiku written by an American poet, Paul David Mena, with the Japanese translation; a bilingual book. "tenement landscapes" is Paul's first book in which he cut out and described the landscapes of New York and people's daily life seen through tenement houses, lightly and sometimes cynically. The first edition of this book was published in September, 2001, just after September 11. The author says, "I was raw with emotion and...