the 8th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
my English words
nothing's wrong, I'm fine
slip into
our phone conversation...
Mother's ocean-wide silence
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
