snow falling
all the way home
yet the tongue
of my flaming heart for her
licks my face for hours
The Tanka Journal, 40, 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...