Sunday, October 4, 2026

A Room of My Own: For Sale Tanka

on the driveway
all hopscotch squares
except one
fill with crimson leaves ...
for sale sign askew


Added:

a dollhouse
at the rain-streaked window ...
foreclosure sign


Added:

roof cobwebs
threaded with rosary beads —
foreclosed house in mist


FYI: My tanka below could be read as a sequel to the "for sale" and "foreclosure" poems above:

foreclosure
and for sale signs
like scarecrows ...
wildflowers bloom
in rioting glory

Gusts, 26, Fall/Winter 2017


Added:

somewhere, someone
shadowing me through twilight
faint buzz overhead


Added:

distant sirens ...
from one dream to another
no blinking exit


FYI: it could be read as a prequel to my haiku below:

echo of footsteps
in the psych ward hallway
EXIT blinking



Added:

winding dappled trail
through a green-leafed breeze
I'm off the map's edge

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