Saturday, March 7, 2009

at a tanka workshop

cygnets piggyback
in shoals by the shore
birdwatchers

binoculars in unison
follow their guide


breath infused
black-barrelled clarinet
lifts me high
lays me low
urges me on


yoked together
these twenty five years -
fresh fields
tempt this horse
chafed by the harness

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