the 7th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
the Dear John letter
morphs into a plane
this cold night
my shadow and I
ride the tandem bike home
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...