Tanka published online in the Mooninkanthology 2020

liVe and loVe

for eVery moment

hereafter

is as fleeting as

seawater bubbles

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dock spiders

an array of webs grace

the boat rails

each pattern collecting

droplets of ocean dew

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signs of new life

sequestered way down deep

in the woodpile

with a roof oVer their heads

the chipmunk and her babies

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from a planter

outside the Vet's office

I pinched some dirt

one more old soul added 

to our family urn

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hungry Voices

of nestling swallows waft

from the cliffs

beaks eager to be fed

and parenting begins

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