Second Issue of Hedgerow Poetry Journal

     So delighted that my tanka sequence and haiga are appearing in the second issue of Hedgerow. Thank you, sweet Caroline, for featuring me among 12 other poets! It is a wonderful collection of poetry and artwork.  

 

     My untitled tanka sequence and haiga:

 

eternally lost
in a garden maze
I search for you
in places I need you
most

 

will I ever be loved
the same way as before
the willow hedges
of where we’ve been
still longs for you

 

entrenched
in my lonely heart
memories
like dandelions
full of wishes

 

before the day ends
counting morning glories
I have to accept
my life the way it is
without you

 

 

     Click here to read the issue.

 

Tanka Poets on Site (Madame Butterfly prompt)

the words of promise
lulling her to sleep
only to wake up...
with no single sign
of a butterfly

the flutter
of her child's eyes . . .
a dandelion wish
whisks her into
another dream



prompt: Madame Butterfly
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Doodlefest (Day 21-31)

(click headings to see the doodle of Aubrie Cox on Yay Words!)

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 21

dizzying thoughts

I take a break

to look at the moon

revision:

mind chatter

I take a break

to look at the moon

I Doodle, You 'Ku  - 22

floating bubbles

the child in her

never left

~

floating bubbles...

a child's laugh

in her laughter

~

rainbow bubbles

a child twirls

with a magic wand

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 23

waters of spring

finding the brooch

my mom used to wear

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 24

summer breeze

pulling his gaze from her

dandelion tattoo

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 25

checkmate—

surrendering to

a choir of birds

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 26

immigration papers

the tulip opens

once again

I Doodle, You 'Ku - No Doodle Day

blank page...

one by one

the stars whisper

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 27

snail mail

he reads my mind

across the room

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 28

hocus pocus...

under the stars

we need no magic

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 29

crimson sky

the click of his lighter

after making love

I Doodle, You 'Ku - 30

karaoke music

not a single star

stands out tonight


I Doodle, You 'Ku - 31

spring dream...

a fox hesitates

to leave a butterfly