(for Jack Layton and Olivia Chow)
she walks alone
behind the flag-draped coffin
a summer cloud
The Toronto Star (August 24, 2011)
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...