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 frost ...
Foreclosure tilts


Added:

Even in my dream your heart is away from mine as the earth's axis is tilted at its furthest point from the sun.

awake alone 
the sound of roof icicles
dripping dawnlight

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