Prompt:

Try out a new form today - one of my favorites - the tanka. The history and form is explained on poets.org. I love the simplicity - I love that it is a poem of longing. I like to think of them as small gifts given away to those you love. Try it out. I am including my tanka below. Would love to read yours!

Poem 18/30 excerpt

The love poem is always yours—

for David

Still longing for you

through another year of blooms

flowers peel awake

and I find myself singing

your name – my future, my love.