Beyond fault lines
and the unbearable weight
of the body
the wish for wings
to carry us home …
(tanka image)
Author: 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.
when caught
how to release
resentment?
as wind disperses water
as water erodes stone
(haiga)
A haibun by Autumn Noelle Hall.
advised
to deadhead the columbine
I hesitate
recalling cutting remarks
never forced me to bloom