1/3/20: waking up early Five in the morning all I want to do is hit the snooze only Friday’s light traffic saves me from being late #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

1/2/20: prompt-free Morning sunBehind the trailer parkedat the Diesel pumpa wait for AAAthe first day back to work tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

12/28/19: unprompted last Saturday of December and this year he still won’t tell us where in New York City he wants to go #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

12/24/19: unprompted the ornaments that survived the tree’s collapse rest on a table how ironic a way to begin this year’s Christmas #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

12/5/19: unprompted her amazement at her old portfolio cover letter how completely unsuprised I am about it #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

12/3/19: unprompted Even afterthe first snow blowing another jobawaits me uponmy return home #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

11/13/19: unprompted her phone call news of her first accident in thirty years another from which she emerges unscathed #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

11/8/19: seen in the lake Where is Vivan our own Lady of the lake with Excalibur? How our land needs an Arthur to bear light to this darkness! #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry