night by night
the cricket songs
grow weaker
no one comes to see me
except the shadows
Skylark, 5:1, Summer 2017
One Man's Maple Moon: Welcoming Warmth Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mari...