autumn wind —
looking up for a fly ball
lost in falling leaves
Author: Kathe L. Palka
Kathe lives near Flemington, New Jersey together with her husband of 36 years, Joseph and their beloved Welsh Pembroke corgi Garth. She writes in both free verse and Japanese forms. Together with Peter Newton, she co-edits the daily online micro-poetry journal T I N Y W O R D S.
summer T-ball —
between batters outfielders
chase butterflies
tanka
the voice
of a wrong number
for a moment
wishing I was the daughter
she’s trying to reach
dropping my dog off
at the kennel her whine
amid all the barks
nor?easter—
scent of the river
rising
lovers’ moon—
a cicada leaves its shell
on the fence post
fireworks at twilight forsythia
(Commended in the Haiku Foundation?s 2011 HaikuNow
Contest, Innovative Category)
July 5th—
ants darken the edge
of a dropped chip
teaching my sons
to skip river stones
ripples converge
Introduction to tinywords issue 11.3
Welcome! tinywords 11.3, the “journeys” issue, is about to begin.
It has been my delight and honor to guest edit this issue of tinywords. I could not have