Published in Gusts 31 (Spring/Summer 2020), Tanka Canada

Three tanka written and read by Mary Kendall (click on link):

how do I tell you

about the darkness                             

that embraces me,

    uninvited

    unwanted  

          ~

a loose shutter

flaps in the storm ~

times when it’s so easy

to lose names, numbers

and where to go

 

           ~

the morning spent

ripping out

wild honeysuckle vines . . .

no matter how hard I try

you turn a deaf ear