the third tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
English teacher said
Just wipe "I used to be...."
out of your mind
walking home alone
face-to-face with falling snow
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
Butterfly Dream: Summer Nights Haiku by Masaoka Shiki
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*English Original*
how much life
is left to me --
brief, these summer nights
*Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan*, 2018
Masaoka Shiki
*Chinese...