loneliness
grabs me
by the balls
my mind
begins to tremble
a poem
is thrown out
of my shadow
Published in Sketchbook, 6:3, May/June 2011
One Man's Maple Moon: Hospital Chapel Tanka by Kirsten Cliff
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*English Original*
planning our wedding
in the hospital chapel
while I have chemo
I am not dying
but a part of me is
*Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka*, ...
