An evening of Japanese Poetry in Galway

JAPANESE POETRY IN GALWAY!!

On Friday, April 7th from 9pm there will be an evening of Japanese poetry, organised by Kevin Higgins, at Sheridan's Wine Bar (above Sheridan's Cheesemongers) 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway.

Yoshimi Hayakawa of the new Kappa-ya Restaurant on Middle Street will read a selection of Japanese poems, and Monika Fimpel, a German-born poet who lived for some years in Japan, will read English language translations.

Galway-based poet, Sean Donegan, whose work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review and elsewhere, will also read a selection of his Haiku.