garden Buddha
knee deep in dead leaves
once again
plans for the year
have gone astray

Previously published in the tanka journal Gusts: Contemporary Tanka and the author’s poetry book about the blue moon.

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Joanne Morcom

Joanne Morcom is a published poet and retired social worker who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She posts her poetry on her Facebook and on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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  1. The first two lines are a good start for something. Your conclusion however, whilst clever sounding, is much too narrow a view of events as we find them here on the ground (rather than the wooden desk.)

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