from the other shore
Mom’s and Dad’s voices
overlapping
as the fog rolls in
paper boats become shadows
Bright Stars, III, 2014
One Man's Maple Moon: Welcoming Warmth Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mari...
