near the dunes
search-and-rescue shifts
to 'recovery' . . .
how can a life
vanish so completely?
search-and-rescue shifts
to 'recovery' . . .
how can a life
vanish so completely?
—GUSTS 25, Spring 2017
While my niece was staying here with her family in August 2015, she learned of a good friend's swimming accident. The other two in the group survived.
Sad, poignant, and very relevant at this moment in the wake of hurricanes . . .and those yet to come.
ReplyDeleteI thought your use of a question - something I have not often seen in tanka - was very impactful, here. A poignant and powerful piece.
ReplyDeleteThere is no answer to your question, yet we always ask it knowing there is no answer.
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