she asks me
what is the color
of loneliness . . .
in the woman before me
I see a girl veiled in black
Hundred Gourds, 1:4,2012
One Man's Maple Moon: Welcoming Warmth Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mari...