Monday, August 15, 2011

My First Tanka

The T.V's buttons- gone.
What she sees instead are big
blank spaces that're
the eyes of a mean ghost. Scared,
she hides under a blanket.

8 comments:

  1. Oh this is too precious Madhumakhi! There's an innocence about this piece that I really enjoy. Keep this innocence and the tanka always.

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  2. I love it, Madhumakhi. You write gems.

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  3. Excellent form. I'm just tiptoeing into tanka too. They are going to take some getting used to.

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  4. I like the continuous flow.

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  5. That is just too cool! Loved it! Peace :)

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  6. way to go.

    great Tanka.

    hope to see you join poetry picnic tonight,
    week 2 theme: the kiss.

    Cheers.

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