eyeglasses fog up
as I enter the house—
in the freeze
I have shoveled away
the dreams of my youth
Spring 2009 issue of Modern English Tanka
One Man's Maple Moon: Dew Tanka by Naomi Beth Wakan
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*English Original*
early morning
the dew still resting
where it settled
would we could wake refreshed
to look at things in new ways
*Now and Here*, 2021
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