Maki Starfield

@maki.starfield

Recently returning from Canada, Maki Starfield (Makiko Kageura) is now residing in Japan. She was born in Ehime, 1972.She earned her Master of Arts from Sophia University, and then got the diploma of International business management (post graduate)with Honors from Niagara College and the certificate of TESOL from St.George International College in Canada. She began to make haiku in 2008, where she became recipient of a prize at the 12th annual Mainichi Haiku Contest. She is the member of World Haiku Associates. During her study in Canada, Maki appeared in the magazine “Ginyu” by Mr. Natsuishi and her translations were in his other magazine, “World Haiku Associate” as well. On December of 2011, she made her publishing debut with Starvision press based on U.S.A in 2011. On February of 2012, she also published a new collection, Kiss the Dragon. “Just my word is drawn by an image, my poems are created by essence of the words.” Maki is an active author and she has been performing as a poet as well as a translator. She has strong passion for literature and poetry works in particular. Since 2009 she entered the world haiku associate, it has been her ambition to have books which introduce contemporary haiku in both English and Japanese.