last day of school
a double rainbow arches
above our silence
6th place, Sketchbook, May / June 2011 "Rainbow" Kukai Contes
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...