the 20th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
South Asians and I
seated around a piece
of plane wreckage
in the Maple Land... waking
to the smell of turkey
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
One Man's Maple Moon: Petunias Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
rows of petunias
all pink and evenly spaced
to think
my life could have been
that predictable
Thelma Mariano
*Chinese Translation (Tr...
