My Dear Readers:
NeverEnding Story contributor, Anne Curran, published a collection of tanka, Unfinished Conversations, (Title IX Press, 2021). You can read her tanka free online.
Author Bio:
Anne Curran lives in Hamilton. She has been writing Japanese short verse
forms for about ten years. She is grateful for the inspiration provided
by editors, fellow poets and friends. Like a good wine she hopes only
to improve her writing with age.
Selected Tanka:
my neighbor
tells me to hold someone close ...
clenching my fist, I let
the sky hold my thoughts
my heart
a kite string
between continents. . .
but first and last
the tug of home
no books
on his shelves ...
but tales he tells
of his sea-faring days
riffle sky blue pages
father's gold watch
sits unused
in a top drawer ...
time ceases to matter
in the dementia ward
her laughter
quicker than mine today ...
a playful breeze
on our faces
as she pushes her walker
daybreak
with the curtains drawn
my mind dark ...
then, the warble
of a tui couple
at night
ice creaks on the river
in a rising west wind ...
things I could have said
things I could have done
Happy Reading
Chen-ou
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