Saturday, December 20, 2025

A Room of My Own: Mayor's Words Tanka

it's difficult
to fight this or solve that
the mayor's words adrift --
shouts, over and over
it's easy to resign


FYI: This is a sequel/counter-response to my mayor tanka below:

reading between the lives and writing between the lines, XXVII

God, my country
just hard work, no handouts ...
in the spotlight
the mayor punctuates his words
with a gavel-on-the-desk gesture


FYI: For more, see my "To the Lighthouse" post, Character/Persona Tanka


Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, XCII

in held silence
the newbie bares, "I used to 
love getting high...
until a certain point" 
a roomful of heads bowed low


Added:

first winter day
no words, only clouds
of breath


Added:

an empty nest
feathered with snowflakes ...
Foreclosure tilts

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