the 32nd tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
the memory
of our body conversations...
the white trail
from her Air Japan flight
splitting my spring sky
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...
