English Original
Chinese silver coin
you handed me
as I left for Canada
lost to the sky --
a full moon
German Translation by Dietmar Tauchner
die chinesische Silbermünze
die du mir gabst
als ich nach Kanada aufbrach
verloren an den Himmel --
der volle Mond
Chrysanthemum, #7
A Room of My Own: Wooden Jesus Tanka
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slanted sunlight
reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross
I close my eyes
... yet nothing whatever emerges
in my mind or my heart
FYI: This tanka could be read as...