Aging

the aging body, 
fragile and withering
like dry grapes --
the sweetest ones
are never plucked
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Gregory Avatar
November 11, 2013 at 6:40 PM
how wonderful...how true!
Dietrich Avatar
October 13, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Excellent tanka. I think I am caught up with your poems now I bet!!
Mehta Avatar
September 27, 2013 at 4:31 AM
The form you have chosen seems to be a new one, Charles
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