big tom
spilling into towns
beware
aggressive bird
with spurs
all too visible
mountain lion’s story
in the snow
children can only try
to cover their tracks
white bird
on rhino’s back
sometimes
I wonder
about friends
These Tanka were published online by Modern English Tanka 12 - Summer 2009
Go to: http: //www.themetpress.com/MET/vol3? MET12_final.html (This was the final publication.)
Ben Gieske
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