my knight,
your perfection’s gleam
enticed me;
now I thank you often
for charming someone else
         

          long dark hair
          tossed until it's tangled;
          I use it
          to sweep up the crumbs of me
          you've failed to notice

single again
she reads alone at night
the book of her heart
now closed
until further notice

above tanka in MET and Fire Pearls; Megaera and Fire Pearls; and red lights and Fire Pearls.

Comments

[aurora]

I'm amazed at what poems, not written as a sequence, read like when they're put together. These are a fantastic little set!

(The second one still makes me laugh, though, for GOOD reasons. :) )

[Felicia]

Very nice!

[Robert]

Enjoyed. The first is quite special.

[janet]

thanks for reading and commenting, everyone. these were from a couple of years ago.

[Bill Kenney]

"long dark hair" is potent, Janet.

[Cynthia]

Oh! What a heartbreaking beauty this tanka is,
the few words tell so much about the relationship
and the feeling of this woman's heart. Brava!