early morning
outside the cancer center
a young man
takes another drag
on his last cigarette
All the Shells: Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2014
Poetic Musings: Seashell Haiku by Chen-ou Liu
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Commentary by *The Solitary Daisy Columnist*, Sean B. Wright.
*This is a resonant, memory-laden haiku that uses a familiar sensory
gesture to evoke dist...
