Friday, January 28, 2005

First Quarter Tanka

night clouds
swallow the wafer-thin
moon
darker than shadows
my graying hair

mooncloud
sailing in the mist
above the trees
starlight weaves
through pine needles



Written on 13 January 2005; the first quarter appeared sharply etched in the sky, as thin as a blade, almost as though it had been polished - before the first cloud passed by.

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