(tent) Wait for Me in Front of Osho

While continuing to produce one story after another as a novelist, this long-awaited second haiku collection brings together the poems that Hiromi Kawakami has quietly and steadily composed over the years. In addition to 220 haiku written between 2010 and 2023, the book includes a special section titled “A Favorite Haiku from Each Year”, featuring selections from the past 30 years, and a reflective afterword essay addressed to you, the reader who may be curious about haiku. From the everyday to the galactic, this collection offers a rich immersion into the expansive world of Kawakami’s imagination—inviting you to savor the quiet yet profound joy of haiku.