last shift done
an empty beer can rolling
down the midnight street
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
最後の変化が起こった
ビールの空き缶が転がっていく
真夜中の通りを
Akita International Haiku Network, March 1, 2019
A Room of My Own: Wooden Jesus Tanka
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slanted sunlight
reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross
I close my eyes
... yet nothing whatever emerges
in my mind or my heart
FYI: This tanka could be read as...