#Haiku Happenings #6: Gregory Piko presents the Limestone Tanka Poets!

There was a full-house at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra last Monday night, 10 June 2019, to hear readings from local group, Limestone Tanka Poets. Those presenting were: Amelia Fielden, Barbara Curnow, Carmel Summers, Glenys Ferguson, Michael Thorley, Liz Lanigan, Michelle Brock, Kate King and group facilitator, Kathy Kituai.

Tanka is a major genre of Japanese literature, having been written since at least the eighth century AD. Today, tanka is also widely practised in English and other languages.

Some tanka presented by Glenys Ferguson during the first half of the evening:

abandoned

country tennis court

cockatoos

the only sign of white

on Sunday afternoons

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