Tanka Sequence

                                                                 

                                                              Falling

 

                                                     a dreamer’s dream

                                                     the fluff of fairy tales

                                                     and happy endings;

                                                     the fresh fragrance of you

                                                     like a May morning after rain

 

                                                     all that I feel

                                                     a lovely anguish

                                                     and a longing

                                                     relieved only by your kiss

                                                     and your arms encircling me

 

                                                     cheek touching cheek

                                                     your hand firm on my back   

                                                     guiding me as we dance

                                                     our hearts falling

                                                     into the same rhythm

 

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Haiga

Cattails

Gean

Daily Haiga

Tanka Sequence: For Joseph

For Joseph F. Shaw

09/04/1932--03/31/2018

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD

To JFS on our 50^th anniversary 

first date

he reaches across

to take my hand

in an instant I know

he will hold it for life

the winter sun

through a window

warming my back;

the lazy comfort

of lunch for two

               

if I could turn back

I’d revise some stories

of my life,

yet, the part in which you come

would always be the same

 

youthful excitements

long ago put aside

for comforts of home;

my books, my music and wine

and you in my life

all the years

learning the ins and outs

of a marriage,

the last chapter not yet read,

not yet written

Red Lights

Jan. 2011