If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Tanka is a form of poetry of Japanese origin. Generally, it follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable per line format. However, there are many variations. For more information, check out www.americantanka.com.
Woman’s Work
On my hands and knees
head down, straining [...]
The bottles shelved behind the bar provided no resistance to the automatic gunfire. Instead, the trendy track lighting colorfully backlit the shower of glass shards and misting liqueurs. Chase covered his head with his arm, anticipating thousands of tiny cuts and the burn of splashing alcohol. He readied his pistol and as soon as the [...]
“When you first learn it’s all an illusion it really scares ya…” Chase said while lifting the shot glass to his lips. He threw it down quickly as the patron three chairs down moaned, “Jesus Christ, that’s just what I needed…A drunk friggin’ Socrates!”
Chase tapped the empty glass on the glass covered bar top [...]
He catches himself nervously scratching the mosquito bite just below his thumb. It doesn’t really bother him; instead it gives his restless spirit a target to claw at. The park bench is directly across from the farmer’s market which is operated on the third Wednesday of each month. [...]
Audrey spat out the gnat that had flown into her mouth. She guardedly glanced around at the other girls walking through the flowered courtyard to lunch. No need. Most hadn’t noticed because most hadn’t noticed her. A few regarded her with vapid curiosity for eons of seconds but then blinked her [...]
