Red Lights, Volume 13, No. 2, June 2017
peeling an orange
in one long strand –
trying hard to hold on
to all I remember
of those now gone
a wooden pew
empty and waiting . . .
colored light
from stained glass
cupped in my hands
My thanks to editor and poet, Marilyn Hazelton, who published these tanka in the most excellent Red Lights.
A Poet in Time 
These are wonderful, Mary
Sent from my iPad Joan Leotta Author, Story performer http://Www.joanleotta.wordpress.com
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My thanks, Joan. It’s always an honor when a poet of your caliber likes one of my poems. Best wishes, Mary
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Lovely, Mary. Congratulations on getting published again. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks so much, Suzanne. 🙂
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