Daybreak

Daybreak: cusp tanka 2022, is a collection tanka culled from a daily diary of poems by Joy McCall. * "A wonderful new collection to explore, savor and find the soul of tanka time via Joy !" From Tom Clausen * I came home, made a cup of blackberry tea with honey and coconut cream, and re-read Daybreak, cusp tanka 2022--from back to front this time. These were as many favorites as I had fingers to mark while reading: those Easter Island...
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Daybreak: cusp tanka 2022, is a collection tanka culled from a daily diary of poems by Joy McCall.
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"A wonderful new collection to explore, savor and find the soul of tanka time via Joy !" From Tom Clausen
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I came home, made a cup of blackberry tea with honey and coconut cream, and re-read Daybreak, cusp tanka 2022--from back to front this time. These were as many favorites as I had fingers to mark while reading:

those Easter Island gods
are tipping and falling
and breaking
just like so many gods
that are set in sand

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the hymn says
'count your blessings
on by one'
to be whole, we need
to count our sorrows too

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the water flies
when the birds bathe
and lo and behold
out of the brick weave . . .
violets

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as my gaunt teacher
wrote, threatening
with the ruler
'Joy must try harder
and stop day-dreaming'

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sometimes
I take down a book
from years past
and read--and find myself
hiding in the pages

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I related to all of these on such a personal level--the realizations, the wonder, the knowing, the feeling less-than, the self-discovery all resonated with me.

You and your tanka are such good company--thank you for continuing to daydream.

Autumn N. Hall