Three Tanka
By Rob Kingston
Recently published in issue 9 of HaikaiKatha.
HaikaiKatha is a journal published through the Triveni haiku
A journal dedicated to Japanese short form poetry in
Tanka is a short love song.
a walk
by the river
how these gulls
remind me of days gone by
arguing over nonsense
on repeat
the blackbird's song ...
recalling the days
when dad whistled the tune
i whistle today
stretching rainbows
from his new fishing rod
that memory
of a time in Southend
when all he caught was a cold
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Robert Kingston
These I read & lovingly understand. Love is many things, memories softened by the passage of time, but one...
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These were lovely, Rob. I echo Len's sentiments.
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