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
Butterfly Dream: Million Mothers Haiku by Kristen Deming
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*English Original*
my body
out of a million mothers --
budding leaves
*plum afternoon*, 2017
Kristen Deming
*Chinese Translation (Traditional)*
我的身體
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