a bare heart
and a humbled mind
before Jesus --
patch by patch filtered sunlight
slips beyond the chapel door
FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my tanka below:
in the chapel
I pray to Jesus
hour after hour
finally tired of me
Time leaves me alone
Added:
The air in here twice-breathed, the taste of stale water in the waiting room.
trapped wasp
thumping at the pane
doctor’s gaze
Added:
Awake after a late muggy afternoon nap.
alone
yet the looping
of this fly
FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my senryu below:
summer cottage
after killing the last fly
I am alone
And this could be read as a prequel to my senryu below:
summer cottage
everywhere the echo
of me
Added:
By the lake of my mind, flower by flower ...
first homecoming
where wild bluebells bloomed
stacked townhouses
Added: No More Fairy Tales, LV
wildfires
hotter, bigger, deadlier
than before—
orange haze over Toronto
as multi-lane traffic crawls
FYI: This is a sequel to my tanka below:
No More Fairy Tales, XXXII
silhouetted
against the smoky forest
far away yet near ...
the Premier's mouth opens, closes
opens before cameras
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