tinywords
July 10, 2020
Tag: tanka
A Basket of Notebooks
a basket of notebooks
filled to the brim
with poems
how can my old heart
hold them all
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
First published in Frameless Sky Fall 2014
A Long Ago Promise
a long ago promise
threaded with the gold of autumn.
we hold
the warm sunlight
each for the other
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
first published in Tanka Society Of America Members Anthology The Right Touch of Sun 2017 ed. M. Dornaus and D Terelinck
Bright Stars
KYSO Flash
Issue 12 July 2019
First published in The Poetry Corner Colorado Blvd 7/6/16
A Fleeting Star
a fleeting star
dashes across the night
how swift you are
to light my way
old friend
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Colorado Blvd Poetry Corner
November 7, 2018
Footloose
Skylark Tanka Journal
Winter 2018
Swimming Laps
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
A Yellow Butterfly Wing
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
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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
Haigaonline
Autumn 2018
