Friday, November 10, 2017

A Room of My Own: One Year After Tanka

one year
after the Trump victory
young women
screaming sadtastical
into the gray sky

Note: The tanka above was written in response to  the following poem:

Trump victory
the sky bursting
with crows

"American Carnage: New Life in Trumpland"
NeverEnding Story, January 23, 2017

Chen-ou Liu

1 comment:

  1. American Carnage: New Life in Trumpland
    A Senryu Sequence

    Go Trump graffiti
    a stray dog
    marking his spot

    trumping Trump
    my Mexican parrot
    lifts up its voice

    election night
    a scream from the other side
    of the fence

    Trump victory
    the sky bursting
    with crows

    post-election blues
    my sister dressed in black
    from head to toe

    Thanksgiving dinner
    Trump hats and Clinton stickers
    left on the doormat

    misty night
    red states, blue states
    strongertogether

    first false dawn
    Donald Trump Toppled
    on RealNews

    bald eagle's cry
    cut off
    Inauguration Day

    a neon sign
    on the White House roof:
    Alternative Facts

    NeverEnding Story, January 23, 2017

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