Issue 4 - March 2026 - Tanka page 8


hiking
the loop trail
she spots a shed skin
in the leaf litter
ouroboros tattoo

Lorraine Padden, USA

alive again
in a dream
after shedding my arms
and the invention of god
and the discovery of words

Nicholas Klacsanzky, USA

all day
I try to interpret
my dream...
collecting the
copper scraps

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal 

grassy trail 
in the deep forest 
after your departure
I choose not to tread
the same path 

Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan

dry grass
fading wildflowers
when you came
into this world
you didn't come to stay

Jim Chessing, USA

 - Inspired by the traditional blues song, Hard, Oh Lord, "Odetta and the Blues," Riverside, 1962. 




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