Tanka

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

 

dead satellites
drifting
space junk
cold and distant
fathers of fathers

 

salutations
to the wild cat moon
through the window
my angry father
shotgun in hand

© Martha Magenta

 

Right Hand Pointing,  “Angelology” Issue 112 June 30, 2017
http://www.righthandpointing.net/112

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About marthamagenta

Martha Magenta lives in Bristol, England, UK. Her haiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka have appeared in a number of journals, magazines, and anthologies. She was awarded Honourable Mentions for her haiku in The Fifth Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, 2017, and the 71st Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 2017, and for her tanka in UHTS “Fleeting Words” Tanka Contest 2017. She is listed on The European Top 100 haiku authors, 2017. https://marthamagenta.com/
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