Tanka of J. Zimmerman
(first published in Eucalypt, moonset, etc.)

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Tanka of J. Zimmerman first published in Eucalypt

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Note: for first publication, these poems followed the "house style" of Eucalypt, omitting capitalization at the start of a poem or sentence and omitting any full stop at the end of a poem or sentence. However, on this web page the author's preferred punctuation is used. Also, sometimes a poem's wording is 'improved' from the published version.

Eucalypt issue 4, 2008. 


     Storms this morning
     keep me home recycling
     inessential documents,
     discarding yet again
     all those people I once was.


     Wintry surf
     tosses rocks, kelp, and salty grit ...     
     their racket
     blanks out all chance to catch 
     your next wise advice.

Tanka of J. Zimmerman first published in moonset

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Related pages: *Poetry index. * How to Write Poetry.
How to write specific forms: * Haibun. * Haiku. * Hay(na)ku. * Rengay. * Tanka.
New New books on writing poetry. * Books of Poetry Form.
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The quoted poems are © 2008 by J. Zimmerman

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