Monday, July 25, 2022

Tanka by Kayla

 Walt Whitman's Crystal Spring

bubbling from the sand

flowing all these years

touching many emotions

as did his poems



She's 3000 years old

I am fascinated

seeing her eyelashes

how beautiful

how delicate


Suddenly

the flame up of a match

my youth

has come 

and gone


          1

Train crossing

signals flashing

wheels clanging on rails

boxcars swaying side to side

followed by the end car

          2

It's red strobe light flashing

disappears into the darkness

the spirit

of my Father

rides into the night


Strange night sounds

chilling calls

in the darkness

I feel my way

down an unknown path


Sunday, July 24, 2022

Tanka by Kayla

 Hot summer night

loud traffic noise

yet a strange silence

walking this trail 

into the woods

Tanka by Kayla

 Up during the night

looking out the window

I see Venus

with the cresent moon

rising above the trees


Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Tanka by Kayla

On my journey

I walk this winding path

hoping to see him

I shout out !

Emery , I love you