such humid heat
and not a word penned ...
my dog and I
stare at the emptiness
of this dull afternoon
Atlas Poetica, 40, 2020
One Man's Maple Moon: Beast and Cherry Blossoms Tanka by Fumi Saito
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*English Original*
long dead
the bones of a beast
decaying tonight
I am nearly choked
as cherry blossoms are falling
*White Letter Poems*, 1998
Fumi Saito...