the heavenly realm
of the believers
is holy and pure
yet not beyond
the mind of a sinner
the nether world
of the nonbelievers
is cold and gloomy
yet still in
the heart of a saint
beyond the sky
beneath the ground
is there an attentive ear
attuned
to silenced souls
November 2009 Issue of Word Catalyst
One Man's Maple Moon: Beast and Cherry Blossoms Tanka by Fumi Saito
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*English Original*
long dead
the bones of a beast
decaying tonight
I am nearly choked
as cherry blossoms are falling
*White Letter Poems*, 1998
Fumi Saito...