Thursday, January 5, 2023

Dream Loop Tanka

For my father who was born in mainland China, lived most of his adult life in Taiwan, died on Jan. 5 2022 and was buried there

this dream loop:
riding on my shoulders
into the Taiwan Strait
Father cries out, Mama
wait for me, I'm coming home



Added:
for my father who passed away on Jan. 5 2022

anniversary ...
old tear stains in my journal
b l  u r ry 

FYI: For more about using punctuation, see my "To the Lighthouse" post, Strategic Placement of Punctuation Marks