looking at Christmas lights
with a three-year-old . . .
an excited country girl
I rode to a neon city
to see Gone with the
Wind
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at Christmas
honeybees testing the keyhole
to the cinnamon buns—
yet when fruit trees blossom
only
surrogates
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in the guest cabin
grandchildren on pallets
helter-skelter . . .
pick up a blue stick
red, green, yellow tumble
Elizabeth Howard lives in
Arlington, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in Comstock
Review, Big Muddy, Appalachian Heritage, Cold Mountain
Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, and many other journals.
Dear Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your beautiful Tanka series, great imagery and a joy to read.
Best wishes,
Inge
Really enjoyed these Elizabeth, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletethese made me smile - thanks for sharing lovely memories
ReplyDeleteNice work, Elizabeth. I really like that first one. Continued blessings!
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