the slow reentry
after a week’s vacation
travel clothes
still neatly folded
inside our suitcases
Author: Janet Lynn Davis
Janet Lynn Davis lives with her husband in a small community carved out of the woods near Houston, Texas (USA). The writing bug struck her during early childhood. She became addicted to tanka a number of years ago and currently serves as vice president of the Tanka Society of America.
Blog: http://twigsandstones-poems.blogspot.com
more bad news
forces its way inside
our home …
a thin rim of snow
around the welcome mat