Saturday, September 20, 2014

autumn fruits


twin fawns
browsing the orchard
for early apples . . .
how little we knew
of autumn rain

~Fire Pearls 2 Anthology, summer 2013



wild persimmons
not yet sweetened 
by frost
I paint the long days
with a tincture of hope


~Atlas Poetica 14, March 2013




3 comments:

  1. I really love these two delicate, layered tanka.

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  2. I thought I'd commented earlier, but the comments apparently didn't "take."

    Anyway, I love these delicate, layered, relatable tanka.

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