One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
the surge
of waves and whitecaps ...
more red dots
added to the heat map
of Covid-19
Added: In the Wake of Defeat
a tanka set written in response to "Trump's vow against U.S. coronavirus lockdown in 1st speech since election defeat," Global News, Nov. 13
alone
before the long wall
of U.S. flags ...
bubbles of spit frothing
from the President's mouth
piercing cries
of count every vote
and stop the steal ...
MAGA fans white with rage
against the dying of the light
FYI: I made a request for a judicial recount of participants in this so-called "Million" MAGA March
Added: a sequel to In the Wake of Defeat for Trump Party faithfuls, including Trump himself and the Trumps in the wall-to-wall mirrors of the Presidential Suite
a night of dreams
the EVICTION balloon arch
over the White House
The ending of my tanka reminds me of the following covid-19 poems:
ReplyDeletethese nameless
covid-19 stats ...
shivering drizzle
Boston Haiku Society Newsletter, March 2020
Richard St. Clair
Fifty-Second Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
death toll rising...
in illness and in fear
alone
with my drunken shadow
apart together
First Tanka of Repetition, accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-room-of-my-own-divided-states-of.html
My tanka could be read as a sequel to the concluding tanka of "In the Wake of Defeat:"
ReplyDeletea phalanx
of Proud Boys shouting
"we won, we won..."
until they convince themselves
in the gathering dark
NeverEnding Story, October 1 2020