accidentally stepping on
my neighbor's shadow
he yells at me, illegal alien
I see
Canada geese fly over
their route, my roots
March / April, 2010 issue of Sketchbook
Poetic Musings: Bowls of Rice Tanka
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my son heaps
bowl on bowl
with rice,
head down
he devours the world
*This Short Life: Minimalist Tanka,* 2014
Sanford Goldstein
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