photograph of clouds, mountain, and a flock of birds, with the text of the tanka superimposed on the clouds: "Beyond fault lines ..."

Beyond fault lines
and the unbearable weight
of the body
the wish for wings
to carry us home …

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Autumn Noelle Hall

Autumn Noelle Hall, tanka prose editor for Ribbons, says tanka holds memory, emotion, people and place. Like her cabin in the Colorado mountains, it is home to husband, daughters, wild birds, waterfalls, an Australian shepherd (and the deer he trails), bears, mountain lions and their tracks through the snow. But tanka is also a form of reckoning and reconciliation; a way to truly see and make sense of the world. Much like her camera, tanka is Autumn?s lens on life.

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  5. Thank you for all the lovely, kind comments…and many, many thanks to the Tiny Words editorial team for the honor of such a special publication date. Wishing everyone a beautiful, peaceful, uplifting holiday…<3 Autumn

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