Every night
I sleep beside you
but wake up alone
It is futile
to chase you
from my waking mind
for you invade my dreams
Day slips by
when I forget your name
Time stands still
when I pine for you
Every day
I wake up alone
but sleep beside you
February, 2009 issue of Word Catalyst
To the Lighthouse: Leaping Tanka
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Leaping tanka is a subgenre of* leaping poetry as defined by Robert Bly as
“a long floating leap from the conscious to the unconscious and back again,
a le...
