the second tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
Mom once said
foreign moon bigger
than ours...
the harvest moon hangs high
between Pacific shores
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
One Man's Maple Moon: Beast and Cherry Blossoms Tanka by Fumi Saito
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*English Original*
long dead
the bones of a beast
decaying tonight
I am nearly choked
as cherry blossoms are falling
*White Letter Poems*, 1998
Fumi Saito...