Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: Laurels

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

My thanks to guest editor Tom Clausen for including the following tanka on the theme of "travel"!

an appaloosa

canters along the ridge

one taste

of sagebrush wind is all

it takes to carry me home

My thanks to guest editor Jackie Chou for including the following tanka for the theme: "time"!

tonight

the soliloquy of snow

does not console . . .

your voice forever lost

to those who loved you

My thanks to guest editor Margaret Tau for including the following tanka for the theme: "choice"!

an orca

backflips near our boat . . .

when was

the last time we tried

to impress each other

My thanks to guest editor Richard L. Matta for including the following tanka for the theme: "a makeover: finding beauty in the broken"!

lying on this bed

of sun-warmed moss

and lichen,

I imagine myself

a fruiting body