Poetic Musings: North Light Tanka by Anne Mckay

centered

               by north light

the potter’s wheel

                            small dreams

                            within the curve of her hands

The Tanka Anthology, 2003

Anne McKay

Commentary: Anne Mckay’s tanka represents still another approach to structure, introducing the dimension of space...The words appear to float on the page, invested with light, eddying toward the final image of the potter’s hands.  This tanka is one of a series by McKay appearing in this anthology that deal with the subject of light, invoked as both physical phenomenon and metaphysical presence. The poem’s form accords perfectly with its content and delicate lyricism...

-- excerpted from "Introduction to The Tanka Anthology" (reprinted by kind permission of NeverEnding Story contributor, Michael McClintock)