Tanka 7

I remember days
when the summer sun smelled sweet--
heat, friendly, fragrant--
gray clouds gathered in our sky
rain washed away our summer

Copyright, April 1, 2015
Faye Lanham Gibson
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Dietrich Avatar
April 7, 2015 at 6:28 PM
I reallyappreciate this one. Its theme is similar to my firefly theme. Love it!
Yvonne Avatar
April 5, 2015 at 3:33 PM
Nice to see a Tanka done true to form. Excellent!
Allison Avatar
April 5, 2015 at 1:20 PM
A beautiful tanka Faye:-) Hugs Jan xx
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