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My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #13, spring/summer 2011 selected by Kirsty Karkow ~~~~~~~~~~~ our only child grown up and far from home-- I give her tire swing a gentle push John Quinnett as if arising from long-buried sorrow the white willow behind my house overspreads the earth Jeanne Emrich healing old wounds your gift of braided bread hard crust, soft center Margarita Engle climbing some of the worst terrain... can I reach the crest of sadness and not lose my footing? Kathy Kituai My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #12, fall/winter 2010 selected by Paul Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~ adult daughters gather dandelions to place among the flowers on her casket Brian Zimmer winter night what else can I do but embrace the darkness in which nothing and all things are possible Cathy Drinkwater Better signs of an absent child in the shade a pile of pine cones stacked neatly on the concrete wall Carmella Braniger My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #11, spring/summer 2010 selected by David Terelinck ~~~~~~~~~~~ just a gentle breeze over the deep blue ocean on the day you died trees should have been uprooted hurled into a blackened sky
Susan Constable
every spring we thin our possessions for charity – the travel alarm clock we never take anywhere Bob Lucky no moon tonight and the sea breeze has stilled – will new gusts come from north or south from your corner or mine? Julie Thorrndyke My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #10, fall/winter 2009 selected by Claudia Coutu Radmore ~~~~~~~~~~~ hammering into shape, pounding it out on the domed anvil; there is a point when it all becomes more about the music Denis M. Garrison to measure the space between our hearts take a crystal a rain drop or maybe half a butterfly wing Jenny Barnard let's study the first chapter only. . . a hippopotamus is sleeping under the summer moon Makoto Nakanishi My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #9, spring/summer 2009 selected by Janick Belleau ~~~~~~~~~~~ buried earth a silver carpet – maples and I gaze at the barrenness we see in each other Chen-ou Liu spring wind unfolds my memories’ book… between leaves a dry lime leaf and my lost youth Magdalena Dale the moon so far to the north and this chill… could we both be lost in a landscape gone awry? Kirsty Karkow My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #8, fall/winter 2008 selected by Natalia L. Rudychev ~~~~~~~~~~~ I still remember the way he called my name but don't remember now the way he betrayed me Kozue Uzawa our paths crossed again today soundlessly things of the past frozen in time Art Stein a message from the soul... but before I can write it down, the words evaporate Alexis Rotella My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #7, Spring/Summer 2008 selected by Amelia Fielden ~~~~~~~ I am a speck on this rock in this ocean lost in endless space but for this puppy I hold I am a warm, breathing world Denis M. Garrison what shall we grow this Year of the Rat? I want to seed the entire valley in meadowlarks Michael McClintock at break of day who leads, who follows-- an old man, unsteady hand outstretched, an old dog, worried, careful Sonja Arntzen My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #6, Fall/Winter 2007 selected by Melissa Dixon ~~~~~~ going without sound the deer into the darkness of dawn-- so gently you took your leave never once looking back Marjorie Buettner in a withered field, this child, without mother drinking dreams from a bowl of stars robert d. wilson cat sprawled on the windowsill his tail alive with all that is April and airborne Barry George My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #5, Spring/Summer 2007 selected by Art Stein ~~~~~~ alzeheimer's ward-- I bring my grandmother a bouquet of forget-me-nots Stanford M Forrester women's retreat deep down in the woods arriving at our site we take off our watches Monika Thoma-Petit I can see in the bathroom mirror someone who looks like I might when I am old, someday Amelia Fielden My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #4, Fall/Winter 2006 selected by Joanne Morcom ~~~~~~~~ a bat or night bird flies across my field of vision a dark slash between this moment and this moment Claudia Coutu Radmore A homeless woman with my face may live in this town - my other side Naoko Kishigami Selland November gusts last leaves flutter to the ground - in quiet moments there is no escaping it this feeling of things ending Thelma Mariano My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #3, Spring/Summer 2006 selected by Giselle Maya ~~~~~~
gusts --
---Robert Kusch salt on my tongue
---Beverley George my favorite things
---Thelma Mariano My
Favorite Tanka from GUSTS
#2,
Fall/Winter 2005 selected by Guy Simser ~~~~~~~ chilly night...
---Joanne Morcom In forward flight
---an'ya Wed
---Pamela Miller Ness My Favorite Tanka from GUSTS #1, Spring/Summer 2005 selected by Kozue Uzawa ~~~~~~
May air is softer
---Anne Cimon
maybe I'll just hang low
---June Moreau
On the north-facing
ground ---George Swede
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