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A Tennessee Tanka for My Mother

Dogwoods and Daughters

I never thought t’ask
She never made the promise
But when the Dogwoods blossom
I wish my mother could have
Lived to meet my sweet daughters

Image Credit – By Famartin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

A note of Japanese poetry forms

A tanka is a type of Japanese poetry that pre-dates haiku. Its form is made up of a 5-7-5, kami-no-ku (upper phrase), and a 7-7, shimo-no-ku (lower phrase).

More haiku, tanka, and other waka forms at Hillbilly Haiku.

Frosty Morn

A little shortnin’
Self-rising flour, buttermilk.
Chilly get-me-up

Frosty Morn sausage was my family’s favored biscuit accompaniment. If you can find it, go get some, and tell me about it. I remember it as good stuff.

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