in memory of Michael Brown whose funeral was held yesterday
a baseball cap
on his gold-and-black coffin...
a silent cry
from the bloodstained ground
no justice, no peace
PoemHunter, August 26 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...