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One Man’s Maple Moon: Shimmer Tanka
English Original sometimes a shimmer on the stair a trace of your scent lingers in my memory and fills the air I breathe First published: The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2016 Chinese Translation (Traditional) 有時候 樓梯上的微光 … Continue reading
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EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019
hiraeth . . . the sound of voices I miss the most sea breeze . . . I breathe in your accent Sharpening The Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2019 EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019 Year of … Continue reading
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Sharpening The Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2019
sea breeze… I breathe in your accent Commentary by Jim Kacian: Everything about this poem is charming: who does not welcome a sea breeze? And what is so winsome as a foreign accent (at least when we … Continue reading →