for naturalized Canadians
a giant Maple Leaf
in the ceremony
I answer
to my English name
with a twinge of sadness
Atlas Poetica, 21, 2015
One Man's Maple Moon: Dew Tanka by Naomi Beth Wakan
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*English Original*
early morning
the dew still resting
where it settled
would we could wake refreshed
to look at things in new ways
*Now and Here*, 2021
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