TANKA............
Hortensia Anderson, US

 

such slender clouds
race across the moon—
in our minds,
a silk sheet drawn over curves,
reveals the lover's body

WAKA
 

Tearfully, I sweep
The fallen cherry blossoms,
Gathered in puddles—
Petals in an azure sky
Or lost in the floating world.
 

 

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