From the poetry collection published in 2021 containing poems written in 2020, The Immediate and No Sooner.
Tanka 197
9/10/20
character clad in
tight black turtleneck sweater
the too-dead body
that blew across the page when
the author went out for lunch
9/10/20
Shadorma 318
9/10/20
Then she had
a radish kind of
idea
peppery
with a lot of crunchy punch
inside the red lines
Shadorma 319
9/21/20
made for you
this perfect disguise
laid aside
never used
And why not? Which one of your
two faces objected?
All three poems are great but I especially love that radish conceit. That is brilliant.
Thank you. As I remember, this poem just wrote itself. I guess it helps that I like radishes a lot! They are beautiful and know exactly who they are, and shout it out.