a sudden scream
fading into the day
the loneliness
of a straight road
under the watchful sun
I keep walking
long day's journey
arriving at the fork
I choose the road less traveled
the road disappearing
into the mist
I keep walking
March 2010 issue of Word Catalyst
Reading More and Writing Better: Yawp of "USA!" Tanka by Chen-ou Liu
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a lament for Walt Whitman's America
to cameras
*no, more wars! *the chant
echoes, echoing
around the Congress chamber
swelled with the yawp of *USA!*
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