Delighted that Ribbons Fall 2022 issue features my tanka prose. Ribbons is the prestigious tanka journal of the Tanka Society of America.
Grateful to Susan Weaver, Editor & Liz Lanigan, Tanka Prose Editor for the acceptance & publication.
All Things Bright and Beautiful Neena Singh, Chandigarh, India
time-travel
walking with my father
under a starry sky
his poetic voice
resounds in my ears
On a walk to Kirke Park, Seattle, with my 5-year-old grandson, we share and revel in the natural and living wonders that we encounter: leaves turning; the smile and greeting of a stranger; the watchful eyes of a tabby cat in the alley; the ah so sweet red raspberries, ripe to pluck; the baby snail in the garden; a fragrant lavender bush with hordes of bumblebees buzzing in and out; the luminous white daisies with yellow hearts.
He points his little hand, chatting excitedly at everything he sees; and I pause to look at these wonders through his eyes.
despite entropy…
the quantum soup
bubbles afresh
as he holds my hand
to cross the road