A few glimmers

a few glimmers
in the colorless sky
this Christmas day
cars parked side by side
at the cemetery

- first published in red lights, Jan. 2020

A concert

a concert
of power mowers
from near and far . . .
even in these times
the neighborhood hums

— Dance Into the World, Tanka Society of America Twentieth Anniversary Anthology

Not surprisingly, there are quite a few tanka about "these times" in this 2020 anthology!

It's been a long time since I've posted here. Got all bogged down with other things. Trying to inch my way back up.