her alcohol tinged
bonhomie, falters
to nervous laughter
exposing the deep chasm
of loneliness
*
— Presence #69, March 2021
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Tanka
chattering away
to myself
the conversation
I wish I could have
with my daughter
***
( Moonbathing – Spring Summer Issue 2020)
Tanka
between
dozing and consciousness
in the plane belly—
I wonder at this journey
how tedious and turbulent
*
(Presence #66, March 2020
Tanka
ninety
a toast in hand
she asks
how did I get here
the surprise in her voice
***
telemovie –
switching it off
I take in the sun
to shake off
the sadness
*
Ripples in the Sand – Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology 2016
Tanka
the
dappled sun
on the wall…
yet this pall of melancholia
that hangs over me
(Moonbathing Spring/Summer 2018)
Tanka – The Bamboo Hut – Autumn 2016’
Tanka
giving up
on her young life
heedlessly…
a jigsaw puzzle parents
struggle to assemble
(Eucalypt issue 22, 2017)
Tanka
washing rice
the way you used to
I remember the smile
that curved on your lips
when you called my name
***
following me
the creek in the bush
at my tired pause
it too becomes one
with the trees
(Red Lights Vol. 13, No. 2 June 2017)
Tanka
my adult daughter
home for a brief spell
I had forgotten
she’s not a morning person
her silent cup of tea
(Ribbons Spring/ Summer 2017 Vol 13 no.2)
#51
welcome to issue 51 of hedgerow. as always, grateful to contributors & readers alike. october’s resident artist is Alexis Rotella. find out more about the artist behind the art here — https://hedgerowpoems.wordpress.com/poet-artist-in-conversation/ with love & kindness. https://www.facebook.com/hedgerowpoems https://www.facebook.com/wildflowerpoetrypress no moon tonight in darkness I see your true colours Rachel Sutcliffe, […]
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