Tag: tanka

storm black claims the upper half of winter sky

a routine of wrestling limbs and finding warmth

the slow crawl of daylight through the grey

birdsong withers in the morning winds

this obsession with light has scarred the night

off to spread a rumour the spider becomes two

cat leashed to the gate its shadow strolls the cold corridor

the silent swarm of swallows a feast before the storm

the solemn landscape’s grey greetings

waking to the winter spider on the first day of the year