Haiku For The Celestial Crane Poem by Marieta Maglas

I would see them at times in Japanese coastal waters, and fresh-water lakes in and around Sapporo, where I once lived and taught at Tokai University—Sapporo.

"Tsuru", or Japanese crane, in English, is the nation bird of Japan, and bearer of good luck, as you may know, as at the time of the birth of a child, gifts given at that time with "tsuru" rapping paper.

Let me try again, the previous transmission interrupted. I am guessing— based on your use of Classical Japanese poetic forms—that you refers in the poem to the Japanese crane, "tsuru"

I am guessing—based on reading a few of your other poems based on Japanese c, assica