English original:
crescent moon
the purple middle
of an iris
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
新月やアイリスの紫の芯
Akita International Haiku Network (Sep. 25, 2010)
A Room of My Own: Toy Forest Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, CC: "US-made bombs"
a toy forest
in his biscuit tin ...
the boy holds it tight
as US-made bombs drop
silencing ...
