Spent Blossoms

2015 TSA Anthology - Spent Blossoms

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

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Julie Anne Thorndyke