Wrinkled Cheeks

she sits on his bed
the autographed baseball
white on the dresser
tears find wrinkled cheeks
and fall to the folded flag
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Dietrich Avatar
March 6, 2013 at 3:06 PM
oh, wow, I LOVE this kind of tanka.
Gorelick Avatar
February 28, 2013 at 8:38 AM
A lovely poem..good choice of forms..alot in a few words. BG
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