Tagged: tanka
perhaps we are all
perhaps we are all
waiting for our favorite
candy to fall from
the sky, and when placed on our
tongue, can at last provide release
.
20200707:1848
y
the cat in 19-
the cat in 19-
A introduced herself this
morning – in a dog-
chase-dog courtyard, it is much
safer to have the high ground
.
20200705:1637
y
though the road may wind,
though the road may wind,
the path is always straight, or
straight enough so that
we will not remember just
how long we have been on it
.
20200703:2050
y
what are we letting
what are we letting
go of in this moment, this
year, this lifetime – what
are we keeping, what are we
hoping to create together?
.
20200702:2148
y
how much longer? we
how much longer? we
are all wondering, amidst
a pandemic, in
sickness and in health, inside
and outside, peering beyond
.
20200630:1843
y
it takes struggle to
it takes struggle to
notice the little things, or
privilege to peruse
all the angles, or freedom
to appreciate the difference
.
20200629:1856
y
we will still have joy
we will still have joy
when we are in community
with one another –
someone will start giggling,
then we will all fall apart
.
20200627:2200
y
siblings – we will not
siblings – we will not
get it right half of the time,
precisely because
in our complacency, we
can’t fathom getting it wrong
.
20200626:1637
y
to be under the
to be under the
laser focus of a sandhill
crane during her colts’
feeding time is a misjudgment –
hightail it out of her sight
.
20200622:2139
y
there is little rhyme
there is little rhyme
and no reason to how we
choose to make it out
of this pandemic – the end
is always debatable
.
20200618:1633
y
