I recite love poems
that are etched in my heart . . .
she gives a long sigh,
they’re full of adjectives
lacking action verbs
Atlas Poetica, 24, 2016
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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