a V of wild geese
soar into the sky
voices dripping with grief
drive me to walk
the rising harvest moon
weeps in silence
the cold mouth of night
utters no single word
published in the Spring issue of Rust+Moth
One Man's Maple Moon: Hospital Chapel Tanka by Kirsten Cliff
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*English Original*
planning our wedding
in the hospital chapel
while I have chemo
I am not dying
but a part of me is
*Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka*, ...
