Editor’s Commentary: Thanks to Chen-ou for yet another classic tanka I had tucked away for an EC also. An old relationship, not only in the many years spend apart, but also in the visuals. Using the word "furrows" for the first line, immediately captures the mystical expression and loneliness (yugentei). The mood is further enhanced by the couple passing each other in silence.
One Man's Maple Moon: Dove's Nest Tanka by Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
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*English Original*
on the sill's edge
rests a dove's flimsy nest
how hard
the rite of passage
to arrive at this new land
*Eucalypt*, 26, 2019
Samantha Si...