Showing posts with label Laurels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laurels. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Laurels: Tanka Society of America Online Journal, Number 4, August 2025

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


Sunday, February 09, 2025

Laurels: Tanka Society of America Online Journal, Number 3, February 2025

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

Monday, March 04, 2024

Laurels: Tanka Society of America Online Journal, Number 1, February 2024

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