footsteps fading
down the dimly lit hallway
of a psych ward
my niece's room of her own
shrinks to black and white
Atlas Poetica, 36, 2019
One Man's Maple Moon: Tree Tanka by Steve Neumann
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*English Original*
you ask why
I laugh at such heavy things
to survive —
a tree needs its blossoms
as much as its roots
Steve Neumann
*Chinese Translatio...
