Warm Air

the furnace air

warms my face

a blush red,

her breath sweet

and quickening


#tanka #5lines

Waking Moment

in waking moment

of a guilty dream

I form a defense

to walk away

a free man


#tanka #5lines

Social

as a child

he was

most social

alone

in his room

#tanka #5lines

Order

gravestones line up

in endless rows

so much time

on my hands

to order my life



#tanka #5lines

Glimpse

Chase (#TMMPoetry)

Lepus chases Orion

in pre-dawn sky

over the horizon,

I follow in my car

on the way to work


#TMMPoetry


This was one of my Twitter poems written with the #TMMPoetry hashtag in honor of National Poetry Month. I was honored to have it read on the NPR program Tell Me More during its Muses And Metaphors series. Here is a link to the program muses-and-metaphor-kicks-off-national-poetry-month.