my roommate
used to sing himself to sleep
with Chinese songs . . .
on this sultry night
his O Canada thunders
Atlas Poetica, 25, 2016
One Man's Maple Moon: Geraniums Tanka by Marion Alice Poirier
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*English Original*
on the porch
Dad's geraniums in clay pots
blushing red --
no green trees for our view
just the Mystic River bridge
Marion Alice Poirier
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