Two tanka of mine appeared in the last issue of Ribbons, the journal of the Tanka Society of America.
Ribbons, Fall 2017: Volume 13, Number 3
still collecting dolls
into her old age
a special name for each –
and one story
she refused to tell
Tanka Café, Fall 2017: theme was “paper”
a book propped
by the pillow on my knees,
page after page
I ease into someone
else’s life
A Poet in Time 
I love both of these lovely poems. I wonder what her secret is, one story to tell…
I can completely identify with the last. Books are an escape into someone else’s story.
Congratulations, Mary. Hugs.
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🙂 It makes me smile to know readers do think about my poems. So glad you enjoyed them. ❤
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your second poem describes exactly why i love to read. always a journey:)
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Happy New Year, J. I’m glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Love these!
Sent from my iPad Joan Leotta Author, Story performer http://Www.joanleotta.wordpress.com
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Thank you, Joan. So glad to know you enjoyed them. A very Happy New Year to you and yours. ❤
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Both tankas were lovely, Mary. Congratulations on their being published. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Many thanks, Suzanne. 🙂
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Oh I love both of these Mary, congratulations!
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Both very striking, Mary. Congratulations.
marion
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I’m glad you found them interesting, Marion. The first is unusual for me–I’m not quite sure where it came from.
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