siomemo1364 'Stargazer - Japanese, a Reversal from the Bottom'

My rule is to learn the power of words from at least one book of haiku, tanka, or poetry every month. Following 'The Lover of Chaos: Hokusai's Wave, Basho's Excitement' (2022) by haiku poet and literary critic Yuko Onda, I read her latest work, 'Stargazer - Japanese, a Reversal from the Bottom' (2023). It feels very comforting to be scolded by Onda-san about the deterioration of the Japanese language. The title, 'Stargazer.' It is a word that draws me in. My name is Shiomi, and when I once read a book about surnames, it said it meant 'one who watches the tide.'