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

 

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

The Last Moment

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

 

Failed Haiku: A Journal of English Senryu

July 2018

A Long Ago Promise

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

Scented With a Hint

scented with a hint

of winter darkness

the bitter wind

reminds us

we won’t go on forever

Tanka Society of America Anthology

2017

Butterfly

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butterfly
released into spring
by a warm breeze
I, too, feel the urge to flit
from flower to flower

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Skylark A Tanka Journal

Volume 5, Issue 2, Winter 2017

Cooler Days

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cooler days
undress the trees
I, too, surrender
bits of myself
to the passage of time

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moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka

Ninth Annual Moonbathing Contest winner