this ivory hook
my grandmother held
in anxious fingers—
I use the same rhythm
to crotchet away my fears
© Julie Thorndyke
first published in
Spent Blossoms
Tanka Society of America Members Anthology 2015 p. 48
this ivory hook
my grandmother held
in anxious fingers—
I use the same rhythm
to crotchet away my fears
© Julie Thorndyke
first published in
Spent Blossoms
Tanka Society of America Members Anthology 2015 p. 48
