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
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...