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Swimming Laps

January 21, 2019January 13, 2019 Barbara KaufmannLeave a comment

swimming laps
stroke by stroke
underwater
there are no words
only poetry

OF LOVE AND WAR
And The Life In Between

Tanka Society of America
Members Anthology 2018

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A Yellow Butterfly Wing

January 9, 2019January 5, 2019 Barbara Kaufmann2 Comments

a yellow butterfly wing
brushes the hairs on my arm
for an instant
we throb together
on the edge of the universe

Skylark A Tanka Journal

Winter 2018

Roosting Sparrows

January 4, 2019January 2, 2019 Barbara Kaufmann2 Comments

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roosting sparrows
the after hours chatter
of grandchildren
I listen in vain
for a missing voice

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Skylark 6:2

Winter 2018

So Many People

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Barbara KaufmannLeave a comment

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Autumn 2018

The Last Moment

September 12, 2018July 31, 2018 Barbara Kaufmann1 Comment

the last moment

before dosing off to sleep

the hoot of an owl

I search my memory…

mother’s lullaby

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Ribbons

Spring/Summer 2018: Volume 14, Number 2

Young Robins

August 20, 2018July 31, 2018 Barbara Kaufmann1 Comment

Failed Haiku: A Journal of English Senryu

July 2018

A Long Ago Promise

June 18, 2018March 17, 2018 Barbara Kaufmann1 Comment

a long ago promise

threaded with the gold of autumn

we hold

the warm sunlight

each for the other

Tanka Society of America Anthology

2017