for Edgar Allan Poe
I hear a tap-tap-tap
from my mind's window ...
a raven
sitting in the bare tree
repeats its call
Ribbons, 14:3, Autumn 2018
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...