Su Ben Poet Tanka

Pathtic Geese: Fallen Leaves: Full Moon

Three Tanka, 1--3  

     1.     pathetic geese though   
       flew over the moonless sky   
       it’s a bone-chilling   
       ah, unbearably cold night   
       for a homeless wanderer    

     2.	    as he walks over   
       the fallen leaves crickets chirp   
       and as crickets chirp   
       gust of west-wind rises to   
       cut the heart of wanderer    
            
     3.	     December full moon   
       hanging high in western sky  
       stay up all night long  
       facing at east horizon       
       beckoning glimmer of dawn

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Darlene Gifford June 20, 2015 at 10:32 PM Hi, Ben, I liked your Tankas. Great writing! ~~~Darlene Su Ben June 21, 2015 at 8:14 PM Thank you, su