our eyes meet
through the fast food window …
does this vagrant
see in me an immigrant
homeless in the promised land?
German Translation
unsere Augen treffen sich
durchs Schnellimbißfenster ...
ob dieser Vagabund
in mir einen Einwanderer sieht
heimatlos im gelobten Land
Chrysanthemum, 19, April 2016
One Man's Maple Moon: Plaintive Cry Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
the plaintive cry
of a sandpiper
trailing
in the distance
even he can’t say goodbye
Thelma Mariano
*Chinese Translation (Traditional)...