written on Canada Day for new Canadians
breezy sunlight
floods the ceremony room
each new citizen
singing O Canada
in a different tone
NeverEnding Story, July 1 2020
Note: The following is a prequel to the tanka above:
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
Special Feature: In Memory of Sinéad O'Connor
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My Dear Friends:
Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing of Sinead O' Connor. I
would like to share with you my tanka set, "It's been seven hou...