accidentally stepping on
my neighbor's shadow
he yells at me, illegal alien
I see
Canada geese fly over
their route, my roots
March / April, 2010 issue of Sketchbook
One Man's Maple Moon: Welcoming Warmth Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mari...