Through This Gate：Musings in Haiku(POD)

　　This book is a collection of thoughts on ordinary moments and images captured and frozen in time. It takes you on a reflective, introspective journey through the four seasons with full-color nature　photographs from the USA, Japan, China, Malaysia,Australia and New Zealand. The reflective musings are prompted by haiku, the traditional Japanese poetry of 17 syllables elevated to an art form by the 17 century master Matsuo Basho. In keeping with the essence of haiku, the images in the book portray, in simple and unassuming language, nature in its fluidity as one season follows another. It is dedicated to all who are able to find a moment of solitude each day to connect nature to the soul.

作者簡介

　　Lay-Ping Powell, née Teh, was born in Malaysia of Chinese heritage. She qualified as a medical doctor in Singapore and subsequently migrated to Australia where she continued to practice medicine under the auspices of the Australian Government.

　　With her wide interests in education, poetry, and language, she has now turned her talent to writing, a product of her perceptive observation and sensitive reflection. Her appreciation of classical Japanese poetry led to the publication of a 2012/13 calendar with haiku inspired by images from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, U.S.A. This is the first book published in collaboration with her siblings and friends.