breakfast
the bowl holds five yolks
from three eggs ::
suddenly thinking about
the lives of the chickens… Read the rest
Tag: tanka
in the train window
a flock of black birds
against the indigo sky
and like ghost birds
the reflections of streetlights… Read the rest
deep night–
after the neighbor stops yelling
at her children
the mockingbird
begins to warble
Published in A Handful of Stones, September 6, 2010
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one petal
from the princess tree
clings to the windshield—
I drive away
looking in the mirror
un pétale
de l’arbre impérial
s’accroche au pare-brise
je démarre
en regardant dans le rétroviseur
published in 25 Canadian Tanka Poets in French and English : Atlas Poetica, May, 2010.… Read the rest
I’m amazed and honored to see a poem I wrote included in this collection of Canadian tanka. There is even a translation into French (not by me) — a first for me.
one petal
from the princess tree
clings to the windshield—
I drive away
looking in the mirrorun pétale
de l’arbre impérial
s’accroche au pare-brise
je démarre
en regardant dans le rétroviseur
via 25 Canadian Tanka Poets in French and English : Atlas Poetica.… Read the rest
clearing sky–
cherry petals lying blown
upon the asphalt–
what have you taught us
except to fall, and fall, and fall?
published in American Tanka #16… Read the rest