A Tanka Sequence
our skin
is the scarlet letter
lingering
on this chilly night
a man with his hands up
columns of smoke
from a commercial strip
the banner
Black Lives Matter
stained with mud and blood
Atlas Poetica, 21, 2015
One Man's Maple Moon: Dragonfly's Wings Tanka by Pamela A. Babusci
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*English Original*
skimming
the pond's surface
a dragonflys' wings --
you never touch me
anymore
*Simply Haiku*, 1:2, August 2003
Pamela A. Babusci
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