quiet now
sleet falling from
the grey sky
no bird flitting
through the trees
two red beaks!
somewhere,
in all that brown,
there must be
a pair of cardinals
snow mist . . .
a brown cardinal
her red beak
carrying
spring’s promise
M Kei, Maryland, USA
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Three Tanka by M Kei
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M Kei is a Poet, Heron Sea, Short Poems of the Chesapeake Bay and
Editor, Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart
Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems & Tanka Sequences
These are beautiful lines, which I have read more than once. Thanks for sharing.
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