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Michael Dylan Welch, founder of the Tanka Society of America, says, “These tanka are worthy of a double take. You will surely come back to these poems for a closer reading, returning to each collaborative pairing to dwell in their candor, their echoes, their surprising turns, their drinking in of all it means to be alive. These call-and-response poems by Sonja Arntzen and Naomi Beth Wakan offer a fluid and fulfilling tanka dance.” Angela Leuck, author of Flower Heart: Haiku, writes, “In their series of responsive tanka, experienced Gabriola Island writers Sonja Arntzen and Naomi Beth Wakan share their daily observations and musings, disappointments and joys. Like the pleasure of a lingering, afternoon tea party, DOUBLE TAKE is a book that you’ll want to read slowly and savour.” Beverley George, editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journal, says, “DOUBLE TAKE demonstrates the power of the compressed poem to delight and satisfy an attentive reader.”