the 35th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
our eyes locked
on each other for hours
at the airport…
a middle-aged face
in summer clouds in the lake
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...
