the 14th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
the Maple Leaf
flapping in summer heat
no Canadian experience
no job... no job
no Canadian experience
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
A Room of My Own: Shard of Sunlight Tanka
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*just to be alive ...*
one long shard of sunlight
through a gap
in the bedroom curtains
touches my tear-streaked face
FYI: L1 alludes to the following:
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