for Ru-nas
the diary
under a floorboard
in his room
the broken mirror reflects
her breast binder
Special Feature: LGBT Tanka, Atlas Poetica, 2012
Note: Ru-na literally means "be/act like (Ru) a man (Na) " in Chinese.
Butterfly Dream: Deaf Man Haiku by Bill Pauly
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*English Original*
the deaf man
at his windowpane
touching thunder
*Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku*, 2021
Bill Pauly
*Chinese Translation (Tradit...