Masako Morioka

Anan-shi, Tokushima-ken, Japan

Masako has been writing tanka poetry since she was in senior high school. She is now a university freshman of bioengineering. She has had her poetry published in a local newspaper and is a member of a local tanka group. She has been awarded prizes in four contests. She plans to make a collection of her tanka poetry when she turns twenty. She likes to compose tanka poems reflecting various aspects of her daily life.