Three tankas for mother
1. It’s Carnival Week.
Also mother’s funeral.
See how the flags are flapping.
She would have enjoyed it all,
celebration and sorrow.
2. I found her name tapes –
one way to remember her.
Seems like yesterday
I was sewing them on socks
and humming her favourite songs.
3. ‘Clair de Lune’ it was.
I had to fade it for her,
get the timing right.
Fading is what mother did.
We won’t hear her sing again.
Lyn Browne
July 2013
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Brad
10/15/2013 03:21:38 pm
I like these Lyn, as I've always liked tanka packages. They move nicely upon each other, with lots of loving images holding them together ... all running to a lovely highpoint in tanka three with your oh so expressive 'Fading is what mother did.'
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