by Kane Maida
In these three poems, Kane Maida writes about another family in Tanforan. The father was detained in New Mexico, while the mother contracted an illness at Tanforan and died.
Utsushi yo ni tsuma to aimimu sube mo naku haisho no sora ni mamanaranu mi wo
In this world
there is no way for them
to meet as spouses,
detained in unfamiliar camps,
their bodies not their own.
Naki nurete namida no izumi karehateshi Kanata ni itsuka akirame wo mimu
Weeping bitterly,
the wellspring of tears
has run completely dry.
When can one find consolation
at a place so far removed?
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