More

 

sunlight

a little more

each day

as Spring begins

waking slowly

Written for the 'Tanka Poets On Site' facebook group (prompt: More).

Deer

in America

my first time seeing deer –

shy, delicate

they appeared to me

though locals called them pests

Written for facebook group Tanka Poets On Site, 

for 25 Aug. 2025, prompt: Deer.

On a boat ...

 

on a boat

on a river

sunny day —

my friend sends photos

and I imagine

Actually one of my own photos from a different boating occasion.

Wing

gliding wing

swiftly across my sight

followed by 

a fragment of song –

Spring coming early

Written for facebook group Tanka Poets on Site, 

for 21 August 2025, prompt: Wing.

April sun ...

 

April sun –

leaves above the fence

thicken

Himalayas (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 28)

 

our small plane

slowly past the peak –

such vast white

*

so many peaks

smaller but not small –

stretching as far …

*

mountaintops

in all directions –

bright sharp white

*

I rode the air

to the Peak of Heaven –

and knew myself small

*

once upon a time

Mother of the World 

I gazed on your face

My response to the final prompt for NaHaiWriMo  2025.

~ Our souvenir from Buddha Air. ~

Climber (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 27)

 

the climber –

a small dark speck

I don’t envy

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Plateau (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 26)

the wild peaks

flatten over time

to a plateau

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Crevasse (NaHaiWriMo 2025. Day 25)

crevasse –

gazing down, I imagine

bodies

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.