A few tanka poems

out of the classroom
and into the barn
for a whiff
of the manure-scented life
ahead of them
--published in red lights, June '06

a decade later
regluing their 50th
anniversary album
a bug skitters
from her dried corsage
~~

a group home
of disabled adults
an 18-inch beehive
hangs from a tree
in their yard
[from S. Delaney's pic on FB]
~~

geese
gabbling
louder
than a hen party
in progress
~~

two
long-ago
lovers
now
in nursing homes
~~

above the hum
of the AC fan
squawks
of a jay
and a crow
~~

a quiet morning
reading the obituaries
oddly transported
to each funeral
in each different town
~~

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