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Saturday, 23 July 2022

Three Tanka

 Three Tanka 

By Rob Kingston

Recently published in issue 9 of HaikaiKatha.

HaikaiKatha is a journal published through the Triveni haiku India website.

A journal dedicated to Japanese short form poetry in India where the form is growing at a very fast rate.

 

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

 

Copyright Robert Kingston




2 comments:

  1. These I read & lovingly understand. Love is many things, memories softened by the passage of time, but one...

    Hope you are recovering & we will see you soon Rob.

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  2. These were lovely, Rob. I echo Len's sentiments.

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