Roundtable Collaborative Tanka (tan-renga) hokku
Fall 2017


3:00 am,
the witching hour
magic in the air

 


Shredding guitars
crank up the volume
Say something!

 


poppy field inviting us
to consume it's fragrance
the deep sleep awaits

 

 

 

 


October chill
my eyes adjust to the night
crickets singing their song

 

 


kicking legs to
get back up, a young deer
beside the road


early morning
goodbyes
too tired to cry

 

 

 

 


reminiscing the past
a struggle to cope
another soul lost

 

 

 


made of stone
encased
sitting in a corner

 


No one
needs me



the amazing look
beautiful eyes
elegant voice

 

 

 


slow dancing at the wedding
grand baby held
between us


empty cup
its bristles peak out of it
just waiting

 


© 2017, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.