Category Archives: poetry

Life as we knew it . . . (Tanka)

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GUSTS: Contemporary Tanka 33 (Tanka Canada)

 

 

life as we knew it
vanished in quarantine,
yet tiny helicopters
of maple seeds will twirl
& spin again one day

 

 

 

 

Maple tree ‘helicopter’ seeds photo by Casey Tree.org

Tongue tripping . . . (a Kyoka)

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GUSTS: Contemporary Tanka 33 (Tanka Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

tongue tripping
in the Provençal patisserie
I shyly order my first
macarons au marrons
in French

 

 

 

Delicious macarons au marrons for real!
Photo by the food blogger,  MISS HANGRYPANTS  .

Starry-eyed

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starry-eyed

     the vast galaxy

of a child’s imagination

 

 

Published (c) Frogpond, Volume 44.1 Winter 2021

 

(c) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Bleakness . . . (haiku)

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bleakness  –

the lingering taste

of a bad dream

Blithe Spirit, 31.1 2021

Rough edges … (tanka)

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rough edges worn down
on well-trodden paths,
each cobblestone
a reminder of how far
we’ve travelled

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Published in Eucalypt 29, Winter 2020