3 am
I wake to a thump
in the attic
where ghosts of the past
hold their powwow
Contemporary Literary Horizon, 3, May/June 2012
One Man's Maple Moon: Plaintive Cry Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
the plaintive cry
of a sandpiper
trailing
in the distance
even he can’t say goodbye
Thelma Mariano
*Chinese Translation (Traditional)...