rippled clouds
blanketing Taipei below
winged migration
rainbow arch
hanging over the CN Tower
my mouth on hers
taking S from the chest
replacing another s
poet-husband doing chores
diving into my mind
carving out a full moon
as sunlight warms Taipei
published in Lynx, XXV:1 (February, 2010)
One Man's Maple Moon: Hospital Chapel Tanka by Kirsten Cliff
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*English Original*
planning our wedding
in the hospital chapel
while I have chemo
I am not dying
but a part of me is
*Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka*, ...
