Tanka 3

the screech owl dives from a swift, starless sky strange sounds stir my calm as hungry night creatures hunt - a stranger in my bed

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/28/2015 10:22:00 PM

this one was so interesting to me, Rhonda. soupmail.

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 3/28/2015 7:07:00 PM

great tanka...wonderful how you could tell such an intricate tale...i loved it!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/27/2015 9:31:00 AM

- Great Tanka, Rhonda ! - I wish you a beautiful and relaxed weekend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 3/26/2015 9:00:00 PM

I enjoyed your mysterious write. Good luck in the contest. Are you the hunter or the huntress???

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Date: 3/26/2015 9:40:00 PM

Neither...LOL. I'm the vulnerable prey, Richard!

David Meade

Date: 3/26/2015 6:26:00 PM

Little boys with big imaginations hears sounds in the night, a swoosh of a owl and a panic run -- to the nice warm safe bed with mom!! Well, that is what I used to do anyway!! 7

John Lawless

Date: 3/26/2015 5:46:00 PM

AH, the mysterious night visitor. Nicely done Rhonda

Paul Callus

Date: 3/26/2015 5:26:00 PM

Love the imagery and the air of mystique, Rhonda. Good luck in the contest. hugs // paul

Jan Allison

Date: 3/26/2015 11:22:00 AM

ooh this is quite creepy Rhonda- good luck in the contest:-) Hugs jan xx

Njeri Hunjeri

Date: 3/26/2015 9:34:00 AM

"a stranger sleeps in my bed" am trying to think,am trying to think...... Is it a spider? I enjoyed:-)

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Date: 3/26/2015 10:00:00 AM

LOL...could be, Njeri. I hate spiders! Thanks for the visit...hugs :)