adding a touch
of blue to the breeze
dragonfly

MAGNAPOETS Issue 4 July 2009

a delicate flower
battered and bruised
by the wind -
these past few months
that's how I've seen you

Modern English Tanka V3 No4 Summer 2009

through steamed glass the world appears as it is

I see it
deep in your eyes
a mythic bird
beautiful wild
and free

Modern English Tanka V3 No4 Summer 2009

stifling heat -
the occasional whirr
of dragonfly wings

somewhere
beyond the stars
I imagine you
gently calling
my name

Modern English Tanka V3 No4 Summer 2009

You can view a number of my recent tanka poems
by clicking on the above link and scrolling down.

fortress mind -
all these years
and still
this moat
these walls

Modern English Tanka V2 No4 Summer 2008