TANKA TIME

devising a place
to work . . . on the front porch
of the Writer's Room

where I can see and hear

birds, squirrels and walkers

[Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow,
Eureka Springs AR, 2009]
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addressing
three birthday cards
all three names contain
the middle initial
        J

[Fran, Billy & Barb, 2015]
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outside
of the cup
hotter
than the coffee
inside

[Dot's pink "Friends" mug, 2015]
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lone blackbird drinking
looks around as if to say
"Where are the others?"
now, a bluejay squawks and drinks
but still, no doves or thrashers

[2016, Couchwood]
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doesn't the wind know
it's against the law to blow
leaves into the street?
Aha! Nature trumps
mere local, human law

[2016, Couchwood]
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near the bird feeder
a crow in the redbud
calling . . . calling
still agitated
it flies to the maple

[2016, Couchwood]
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yellow and black

butterfly

stops by

a purple iris

around the oak stump

[2016, Couchwood]

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