Yoko Danno is Japanese and writes poetry solely in English. Her poems appeared in various international poetry journals and anthologies. Her recent books are trilogy & Hagoromo: A Celestial Robe (Ikuta Press, 2010), Aquamarine (Glass Lyre Press, 2014) and Woman in a Blue Robe (Isobar Press, 2016). The second edition of her translation, Songs and Stories of the Kojiki, a collection of creation myths, songs and historical narratives compiled in eighth-century Japan, was published by Red Moon Press in 2014. She lives in Kobe, Japan. [Poetry]