Into A Long Curl

Into a Long Curl is a book-length poem that dives into the themes of illness, caregiving, death, and grief. It is a personal story for the poet, but its resonance moves far beyond this. In the end, you understand that there is light in every darkness, and love in every bit of light.

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Sakada's Into a Long Curl takes you on a journey of the pain, the beauty, the love, and the fire of caregiving. Her poetry intones the intensity of grief, loss, and void from the ravaging of illness in loved ones, while singing in the sensuality of growth and release."

Lisa Teasley
Author of Dive, Heat Signature, & Glow in the Dark

"Into a Long Curl restores our faith in the luminosity of caregiving and grief. Although we feel the weight of sorrow, the joyful remembrances of those we honor eventually returns, and carries us back to shore."

Brenda Paik Sunoo
Author of Seaweed and Shamans: Inheriting the Gifts of Grief,
Vietnam Moment, and Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea