Archive Selection--By Anne Curran--New Zealand--Originally Published--December 14, 2016

Tanka--

shifting her plants
on the whim
of a spring breeze ...
it is a woman's privilege
to change her mind
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a gunshot
from over the rise
in our suburb...
he never wanted
to go to war
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an unseasonal
Autumn wind
stirring up talk ...
things are not
as we remember them
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Anne Curran is a Hamiltonian and New Zealander. She writes in awe and admiration of all those Japanese verse poets and editors who have encouraged her on this journey. Anne has been writing poetry for the last ten years or so. She has good days and bad, but somehow with the support of family and friends keeps on keeping on.