Note: this tanka was first published in Red Lights 20.1, January 2024 (I inadvertently omitted the last word of the first line in this tanka art version - the sacred fire)
Note: this tanka was first published in GUSTS 25, Spring/Summer 2017
Note: this tanka was first published in Kokako 42, April 2025
Note: this tanka was first published in GUSTS 28, Fall/Winter 2018
