"winter night…" a #tanka/#kyoka (2/27/20)
2/27/20: second draft winter night a neighbor’s Christimas lights still on what will the second draft look like? #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
"Groundhog Day…" a #tanka (2/2/20)
2/2/20: unprompted Groundhog day Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring Does this overcast day in the forties prove him right? #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
"those nights sleeping…" a #tanka (1/26/20)
1/26/20: living in a city those nights sleeping in that sleepless city with that traffic drone, horns and blaring car alarms, and a night sky void of stars #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
"first poem…" a #tanka/#kyoka (1/22/20)
1/22/20: first poem first poem sixteen lines in four stanzas the amorous kind for a friend to give a girl for whom he could find no words #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
"Breaking the rules…" a #tanka (1/8/20)
1/8/20: gender role Breaking the rulesof Dad’s masculinityI make an appointmentfor a chiropractorafter a day of back pain #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
