for Ru-nas
the diary
under a floorboard
in his room
the broken mirror reflects
her breast binder
Special Feature: LGBT Tanka, Atlas Poetica, 2012
Note: Ru-na literally means "be/act like (Ru) a man (Na) " in Chinese.
A Room of My Own: The Last Year of My Father's Life
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A haiku sequence for my father who was born in mainland China, lived most
of his adult life in Taiwan, died and was buried there in 2022
a slice of my lif...