my daughter
can’t read cursive
imagine my sorrow
my notes in her baby book
are gibberish to her
(From A Thousand Voices, Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology 2019)
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Sally Biggar
Sally Biggar lives in the mid-coast region of Maine. in 2010 she began writing short-form Japanese poetry (haiku, senryu and tanka) and to occasionally participate in The Haiku Foundation's renku sessions. She was included in Haiku 2024: 100 notable ku from 2023. Most recently her poems have appeared in Akitsu Quarterly, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Cattails, Eucalypt, first frost, Kokako, Petals, Quail Eggs, Songbirds, the art of tanka, The Heron's Nest, and tinywords.
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Nifty, Sally,
__ History is our value, our basis and our arts of life… so well seen within your shimo-no-ku, Sally.
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Give her a nice pen
Show her how to hold it so – –
Teach her how to write