Tanka by Pamela A. Babusci

fastening
an antique barrette
into my newly washed hair
i miss his hands that used
to center it perfectly

First Place Yellow Moon Competition
Tanka Category  2002 Australia




i am
a prisoner
in this
snowflake
melt me

Five Lines Down  1995

so my friend
when will visit me?
my flowers are withering
on the trellis and all the
geese have darkened the sky

International Tanka Splendor Award 1997

not a single star
out of place
in the milky way...
the garden gate
left ajar all night

International Tanka Splendor Awards 1998

making grandmother's
cassata cake
i ponder the beauty
of her sicilian eyes &
the hills of her village

tangled hair  4  2005

pink calla lilies
are they more beautiful
than white?
since you departed
the world is translucent

American Tanka  Issue 7 Fall 1999