for Edgar Allan Poe
I hear a tap-tap-tap
from my mind's window ...
a raven
sitting in the bare tree
repeats its call
Ribbons, 14:3, Autumn 2018
One Man's Maple Moon: Christmas Season Tanka by Michael Dylan Welch
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*English Original*
Christmas season --
a year later
in the glove compartment
a tissue packet
from the funeral home
*Eye to Eye*, 2023
Michael Dylan Welch
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