Friday, April 14, 2017

Tanka--By Elizabeth Howard--United States

viewing wildlife
a pack of red wolves,
a regal elk bugling . . .
the car stalls in a wadi
bison viewing us
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 uncle took us fishing
if we dug the bait . . . 
spading rich black loam
a fistful of earthworms
spills into a tin can
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Elizabeth Howard lives in Crossville, Tennessee. She writes poetry and fiction. Her poems have appeared in Comstock Review, Big Muddy, Appalachian Heritage, Cold Mountain Review, Poem, Still, Mobius, Now & Then, Slant, and other journals.

3 comments:

  1. Dear Elizabeth,
    Thanks for two very good Tanka, Watching Wilde life
    and fishing are two of my favorite sports. Sometimes
    game wardens took accept ion to me digging bate
    where I was fishing.
    Yancy

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  2. I enjoyed these, thanks for sharing them with us.

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  3. Dear Elizabeth,
    These are rich images; that you for sharing them.
    Blessings,
    Michael

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