half moon rising ...
each day she slips
further away
hospital window
the light of the dying day
on her face
cancer ward
at the end of the hallway
blinking EXIT
winter moonlight
on her indented pillow --
hospice room
the way
she tapped my shoulder ...
pattering rain
NeverEnding Story, January 23, 2015
One Man's Maple Moon: Sketch Tanka by Michael McClintock
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*English Original*
from the waterfall
I brought home a sketch
of a small fern
that stood by the torrent
and taught me to draw
*Earth: Our Common Ground*, 2...
