Forgotten Plague

grandfather 
died in the forgotten plague
of the last century*
I sit musing under the cherry
startled  by a white possum 


*tuberculosis
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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November 16, 2015 at 12:20 PM
poignant feel in this tanka so well designed, thomas... any book yet on this form?.. huggs
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