guitar strings vibrate
callused fingertips sliding,
pressed to the fretboard
eyes closed, I feel your gaze stroke
the curve of my bottom lip
resonate – Tanka 1/9/22
09 Jan 2022 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: love, music, tanka, wanting
Tanka on Tuesday 10/26/21
27 Oct 2021 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: acorn, autumn, fall, squirrel, tanka, tanka on Tuesday
three grey squirrels scamper
through mounds of golden oak leaves
cheeks stuffed full of seeds
acorn caps strewn carelessly
preparations for winter
Something simmering
19 Oct 2021 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: cooking, dance, romance, tanka, tanka on Tuesday
chili simmering
outside leaves blanket the grass
Coltrane plays softly
my head rests on your shoulder
we sway then dip for a kiss
Tanka on Tuesday
06 Oct 2021 3 Comments
in poetry, tanka Tags: fall, leaves, wind
Chilled northern wind gusts
STripping brown leaves from tree limbs
To blanket the grass
Gossamer milkweed seeds rise
Holding coat-tails of the wind
5.18 tanka on tuesday
19 May 2021 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: sunset, tanka, tanka on Tuesday
I watch the sunset
in the puddle before me
reflecting clearly
scarlet and gold vividly
stretched across the horizon
5.9 tanka
09 May 2021 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: dawn, sun, tanka
through broken mini blinds
dawn splashes on the pillow
highlighting cheekbones
the tips of your eyelashes
golden in the early sun
5.7
08 May 2021 2 Comments
in poetry, tanka Tags: rain, smells, spring, tanka
I rock on the porch
watching the dark clouds smudging
miles away from me
it’s beginning to rain there
the cold wind carries the scent
5.6 tanka
06 May 2021 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: love, rain, tanka
mist brushing my face
fog rolls along the river
your dark eyelashes
thickly beaded with droplets
each refracting the moon’s light
Tanka 5.3
03 May 2021 3 Comments
in poetry, tanka Tags: dandelion, flowers, summer, tanka
bright dandelions
stretching their necks far above
the soft green grasses
tip their faces to follow
the path of the summer sun
Tanka on Tuesday 4.27.21
27 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: birds, dawn, tanka, tanka on Tuesday, yellow
seventeen starlings
perched upon a single wire
just after the dawn
only yellow beaks showing
against the mottled greyness