Lycia Harding Poet Tanka

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Calamine Warpaint

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sunrise warms my face

the morning's first visitor
alights on a cheek
streaked with calamine warpaint

my day begins with murder


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Jan Allison September 12, 2021 at 9:19 AM love the humour here with calamine warpaint and that final line Lycia:-) hugs jan xx

Constance La France August 20, 2021 at 1:40 PM Lycia, wonderful poem, the calamine warpaint and murder made me laugh ~Constance Lycia Harding August 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM Thank you, Connie! xoxo LyLy

Rico Leffanta August 20, 2021 at 11:33 AM When Anglos arrived in Hawai'i, they found no mosquitoes other than those they brought with them . . . . . Lycia Harding August 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM Now, let's think about that, Rico... How would one go about proving this particular theory? Hmmm...?

David Kavanagh August 20, 2021 at 1:21 AM Hope you smashed it good Lycia, just like this brilliant Tanka, cheers David Lycia Harding August 21, 2021 at 3:05 PM Thank you, Dave! xoxo LyLy