Friday, October 17, 2014

doves


only bones
under the turned earth
of Bloody Kansas—
those passenger pigeons
the Choctaw called lost doves

~Atlas Poetica 18, July 15, 2014


mourning doves
drawn to a decoy—
our fascination
with the whirligig wings
of war



4 comments:

  1. Love the first tanka, Jenny, and the pairing of poems on the theme of doves and "stone." Hope you'll join my Exquisite Corpse project . . .

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  2. really striking - and, yes, the two do pair up very well.

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