This book is made of selections which previously appeared in the Tohoku Gakuin Review under the titles: Weeds We'd Wed: English versions of more than fifty haiku by Taneda Santoka, and A Life to Live: Santoka. Taneda Santoka, was born 1882 - died 1940. Scott Watson presents each haiku in Japanese (kana and kanji) followed by his English versions. Explanation is added where needed.