a handful of stars
in the garden pail
fingers dripping
I offer them
to you
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Lesley Anne Swanson
Lesley Anne Swanson strives to write musically, using words and images that linger, especially when read aloud. In 2016 her work was honored with the top award of the Japan Tanka Poets Society.
She lives in eastern Pennsylvania.
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The word "dripping" animates the poem beautifully. I'm reminded of Murasaki's comparison of one of Genji's annual visits to a lover livig in the woods to the light of the moon (or the stars) reflected in a bucket of water.
Lovely!
The word "dripping" animates the poem beautifully. I'm reminded of Murasaki's comparison of one of Genji's annual visits to a lover livig in the woods to the light of the moon (or the stars) reflected in a bucket of water.
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