Snow pellets striking
brown-grey earth. Juncos scrabble.
Icy fingertips.
Redbirds remember
sunshine lost, through slitted eyes.
Blood drops yield numbers.
Snow pellets striking
brown-grey earth. Juncos scrabble.
Icy fingertips.
Redbirds remember
sunshine lost, through slitted eyes.
Blood drops yield numbers.
I've never written tanka poetry -- sounds like it would be fun to learn.