the football stands filled
for a high school graduation
on the nightly news
Sandusky wears a suit and tie
instead of a prison jumpsuit
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
This
started out as a tanka and became a cinquain, a related form.
monarch
trains heading
south
into the
trackless air
dew on the
engines that push them
onward
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31 Aug 2011,
Cindy Tebo,
monarch butterfly,
train
in an untelevised
feat of winter olympics
the gray squirrel's
split-second run
into a back flip
feat of winter olympics
the gray squirrel's
split-second run
into a back flip
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31AUG11,
Cindy Tebo,
squirrel,
winter olympics
after so many rains
exposed and vulnerable
the roots
of a sycamore
grasping the twilight
exposed and vulnerable
the roots
of a sycamore
grasping the twilight
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31AUG11,
Cindy Tebo,
sycamore,
twilight
I am like
the birds that fly
into windows
I mistake them
for doors that will open
the birds that fly
into windows
I mistake them
for doors that will open
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31AUG11,
birds,
Cindy Tebo
Sunday, August 28, 2011
I refuse to fall asleep
no matter what they give me
in the operating room
the nurse with the magic marker asks,
"Which eye are we doing today?"
no matter what they give me
in the operating room
the nurse with the magic marker asks,
"Which eye are we doing today?"
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28AUG11,
Cindy Tebo,
sleep
Saturday, April 23, 2011
confusion
about where to go
after the tornado sirens
our entire class ends up
in the men's restroom
about where to go
after the tornado sirens
our entire class ends up
in the men's restroom
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23APR11,
Cindy Tebo,
tornado
Monday, October 25, 2010
a new lesson posted
in Spanish
ella es ciega
no glasses strong enough
to lift the fog from my eyes
in Spanish
ella es ciega
no glasses strong enough
to lift the fog from my eyes
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25OCT10,
blindness,
cataracts,
ciega,
Cindy Tebo,
spanish class
Sunday, October 24, 2010
threads of rain
ending a long drought
now that I've finished
crossing the bones
of the "pan de muertos"
ending a long drought
now that I've finished
crossing the bones
of the "pan de muertos"
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24OCT10,
Cindy Tebo,
pan de muertos,
tanka
Saturday, October 23, 2010
a tree knocking
down a powerline
an indoor hike
with a flashlight to find
our way around the house
down a powerline
an indoor hike
with a flashlight to find
our way around the house
Labels:
Cindy Tebo 23OCT10,
indoor hike,
power outage,
tanka