Ribbons (Winter 2020: Volume 16, Number 1)

 This is my first issue editing Ribbons. :-)

My tanka appears in the Tanka Cafe section.

My scratch art that I included in my editor's message.

Ribbons Winter 2016

STUPOR

no one 

calling my name

this morning

a cup of water stays cold

in the microwave

preparations

for the memorial 

the chrysanthemums

quietly wither

on the side

an avalanche 

of memories snowballing

into grief

the stories behind

a box of receipts

every now and then 

the flicker of a firefly . . .

still in my hand

all of you I need

to let go

not accepting

what goodbye really means

my breath lingers

in every shape and sound

of spring dusk