through a hole
in evening sky
a butterfly leads the way

autumn rain -
the old oak dripping
with moonlight

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scribbled blue
along the reed-tops -
kingfisher

beyond the moon
something like longing
is calling me

finding its shape
on the river -
autumn wind

this small desire -
to look down on your eyes
looking up
and swim in the light
of the moon

Modern English Tanka V3 No3 Spring 2009

in the shape of wings
an end has come to this path -
butterfly

Moonbathing

A Journal of Women's Tanka.

Editors

Pamela A. Babusci
Cathy Drinkwater Better

A new and exciting journal of women's tanka is now seeking submissions.
Click on the link above for more information.

late summer -
on this day of glimmering sea
and sky
I've become
the wind's song

Modern English Tanka V3 No4 Summer 2009