wishes

midnight river

how many wishes

for a penny

plans

morning visitor

my to do list

disappears

voices

voices at dawn

all but your own

mockingbird

walls

a turtle shell

on the other side

border wall

heat

heat haze evening heavy with crickets

free

with red wine

and chocolate hearts

night is free

passing

river boat the sounds night makes passing by

watercolors

watercolors from anger to calm the river flows

change

climate change

a squirrel gathers

another year

rising

under water a breath of sun rising

everything

everything i used to know wildflowers

cross

cross trails

i take

the blooming one

desires

as many treetops as a heart desires blackbird

languid

wind

chimes

the

languid

swell

of a

spring

day

within

riverbank

my window within

the wind

pen

my old pen

the slight curve

to each thought

wishes

all the wishes

gathering sunlight

hospital pond

secrets

bare branches

the secrets of crows

to wander through

enfold

arms wide

a mountain enfolds me

in stars

adjusting

wilderness winter

adjusting the depth

of my breath

earth

mountains of sky

as two ravens

fill the blue

with charcoal wings

i become earth

colours

a new day  the colours of  each cold breath

twig by

twig by twig

the tiny nest

snow wind

songbird

winter songbird

again and again

the sun rises 

penchant

sunflower seeds

a red bird shares

my winter

treefall

icy rain

last year’s treefall 

warms the sound

christmas carol

a christmas carol

i watch a cobweb

on the radio

between

a raven glides

between the sound

winter rain

end

autumn’s end

a bottle of wine

shared with a bee

Skylark Tanka Journal Winter 2018 6:2