Kipling claimed
East is East and West is West
never the twain shall meet
marching westward
the earth is round
Haiku News (Dec., 10, 2009)
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...