miriam chaikin – writer, poet

miriam chaikin was for many years a book editor, a writer of books for young readers – fiction and non fiction – and now contentedly concentrates on a smaller canvas, writing traditional poems and Japanese-inspired short forms – haiku and tanka.

miriam chaikin photo by toni dalton

DON'T STEP ON THE SKY - A HANDFUL OF HAIKU miriam chaikin, author, illustrated by hiroe nakata

CLOUDS OF GLORY miriam chaikin, author, woodcuts by david framton

NIGHTMARE IN HISTORY miriam chaikin, author

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