dear diary
how will I fill you up with thoughts?
in the attic
my ten-year-old self gazes
at the blank face of its page
FYI: For more about character tanka, see To the Lighthouse: Character/Persona Tanka
Added: Game Show 2024, XXIV
Mar-a-Lago at sunset
a wall of royal palms
heavy with crows
Added: Game Show 2024, XXV
written in response to The Independent, July 19: "Is Donald Trump going to prison?"
a scream
from Mar-a-Lago
darkening
this sultry night
one stray answers another ...
FYI: Vox, July 19: "Donald Trump’s list of legal headaches just keeps growing: With a third potential indictment against him, the walls continue to close in on Trump."
1 The hush money case, 2 The January 6 investigation, 3 The classified documents probe and 4 The case over interference in the 2020 election in Georgia
Added: This Brave New World, XCV
on TV
missing Titanic tourist sub
headlines for a week ...
capsized refugee boats scrolls
across the bottom of the screen
Added: This Brave New World, XCVI
a woman with kids
in the smoky twilight
a wall mural
of Bashar Assad looking out
over earthquake rubble
