their faces with soot
a moonlit sea of bone
hitting bone
Chinese Translation
他們的臉沾滿煤灰
在月光映照下的大海
骨頭撞擊骨頭
Romanian Translation by Eduard Tara
fetele lor cu funingine
o mare sub clar de lună
lovind os deos
Second Sharpening The Green Pencil Anthology, 2013
Poetic Musings: Shelter Tanka by Marion Alice Poirier
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under the shelter
of a weeping willow tree
she sleeps at last
on damp earth and newspapers --
a haven, for one night
*NeverEnding Story*, February 23, 2026
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