Haiga Archive

'my breath / a whimper / from bracken shadows— / the short life of a moth / in tangled moss' by Patrick M. Pilarski. Tanka from Huge Blue (Leaf Press, 2009); a version of this tanka first appeared in Wisteria, Iss. 13, 2009.


10 July 2009

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Poem Text or Excerpt:

my breath
a whimper
from bracken shadows—
the short life of a moth
in tangled moss

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Publication Notes:

Tanka from Huge Blue (Leaf Press, 2009); a version of this tanka first appeared in Wisteria, Iss. 13, 2009.

Keywords:

breath, my, whimper, bracken, shadows, short, life, moth, tangled, moss, imagination, thoughts, fear, emotion, perspective, death, animal, insect, nature, forest, ferns, plant, sumi-e, digital art, abstract, grayscale, tanka

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