Linda Pastan (b. 1932) was the Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1991 - 1995, and served as a staff member for the Breadloaf Writers Conference for two decades. Additional awards of which she was the recipient include a Pushcart Prize, and a Dylan Thomas Award. She is the author of many published books of poetry. More biographical information may be found here: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/749?utm_source=PAD%3A+In+the+Happo-En+Garden%2C+Tokyo+by+Linda+Pastan&utm_campaign=poemaday_022514&utm_medium=email.

The poem is presented in five quatrains of irregular free verse. A Japanese version of the myth of Eve in Eden is told. The clear images and precise, sparring word choices are evocative of short Japanese form poetry.
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