Tanka by Vanessa Proctor

 

 

 

                    summer evening
                    wisteria the same colour
                    as the sky
                    you say my dress
                    makes you think of clouds

 

                    Stylus 11 March 2004

 

 

 

                    Ocean Lake
                    the coolness
                    as we swim deeper
                    each ripple
                    catching the sky

 

                    Stylus 11 March 2004

 

 

 

                    my childhood beach

                    just the same

                    now as we jump the waves

                    my mother holds

                    onto me

 

                    kokako 2003

 

 

 

                    late afternoon

                    the scent of woodsmoke

                                                        outside the funeral home

                                                        a delivery truck stacked

                                                        with coffins                                          

 

                    Blithe Spirit Vol 14 No 4 December 2004

 

 

 

                                                        dusk

                                                        the gathering wingbeats

                                                        of flying foxes

                                                        measuring the hours

                                                        with thoughts of you                             

                   

                    Blithe Spirit Vol 14 No 4 December 2004