first ESL class
on a snowy night
I struggled
under the weight
of unspoken words
Ribbons, 11:1, Winter 2015
Note: ESL stands for English as a Second Language.
Poetic Musing: Blooms and Smoke Tanka by Beverley George
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you gaze at blooms
of black-boughed cherry trees
I am entranced
by the smoke of cooking-fires
drifting up through sturdy pines
*George Empty Garden*, 2006
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