Seaside Train Trip Tanka

seaside train trip

to my childhood hometown

with eyes closed

and the window ajar

I breathe in, and breathe out ... 

Laurels, 5, 2026

Writing Life Tanka

using alphabets

not ideograms, I write life

into existence ...

how long will these footprints

remain in the snow of time

Laurels, 4, 2025

The Poet Inside Tanka

I killed the poet

inside of me years ago ...

in shadow he takes

a long drag on his Lucky Strike

as our night shift is over

Laurels, 3, 2025

Love Affair Tanka

am I cut out

for this love affair

at fifty?

in the crystal vase

wilting English roses

Laurels, 2, 2024