Tanka: Home

Life told in snapshots
Affixed in negative space.
Our home an album;
Photographs far more vibrant
Than the people we’ve become.

5-7-5-7-7

[28/09/19]

Tanka: Crisp

Teeth clench cold hard air
Chattering meaninglessly,
Involuntary.
Nature elicits reflex;
Bodies aware, minds elsewhere.

5-7-5-7-7

[29/09/19]

Wind-rustled whispers,
Through sun-loved papery leaves,
Germinate ideas
In cracked earth; inspiration-parched.
Promise sprigs green poetry.

[19/04/19]

Cold girl sits outside
Watches small dogs in cafés
Writes beneath street lights

[15/02/19]