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Tanka and Haiku
Inspired by
Family Quilts
I just discovered
your
Quilt Poems in the galleries and I would like to submit
poems and quilts to Sketchbook. My mother was a
master quilt artist, and I'd like to share some of her works. I
hope that you will include the name of the quilt artist along
with the name of the poets—their artistry is every bit as worthy
of recognition as is the work of the poets.
M. Kei
how tattered now
the quilt she made
when he was small;
at fifteen he
sleeps with it still
A threadbare quilt in
the palace of boundless cold
covers my body.
Too chilly to sleep, so I
spend the night watching the moon.
(Previously appeared in Simply Haiku, 4:2, Summer,
2006)
tattered green and white
stars falling off the bed—
my daughter's quilt
whisky lullaby
he sings his
children to sleep
amid torn quilts and
broken dreams
you lay beside me
all night under the bed quilts,
like a dream made flesh
the torn quilt
mother made. . .
hospital visits
unfinished quilts
after her funeral,
I recognize
the 'grandmother's fan'
intended for my daughter
(Previously published in Modern English Tanka,
1:4, Summer, 2006)
Quilt Artist: Jimi Kitch, Grundy Center, Iowa
Other poems by M.
Kai in this issue of Sketchbook:
Tanka, Excerpts from
Heron Sea, Short Poems of
the Chesapeake Bay
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