Tanka Diary [Awakened too early on Saturday morning]

Harryette Mullen

Awakened too early on Saturday morning

by the song of a mockingbird

imitating my clock radio alarm.

Walking along the green path with buds

in my ears, too engrossed in the morning news

to listen to the stillness of the garden.

Muse & Drudge [just as I am I come] by Harryette Mullen
just as I am I come

Muse & Drudge [why these blues come from us] by Harryette Mullen
why these blues come from us

All She Wrote by Harryette Mullen
Forgive me, I’m no good at this. I can’t write back. I

Black Nikes by Harryette Mullen
We need quarters like King Tut needed a boat. A slave

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Sapphire's lyre styles

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if your complexion is a mess

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the essence lady

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arrives early for the date

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sun goes on shining

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mister arty martyr

Present Tense by Harryette Mullen

Shedding Skin by Harryette Mullen
Pulling out of the old scarred skin

Souvenir from Anywhere by Harryette Mullen

Tanka Diary [Don't need picket fences, brick wall] by Harryette Mullen
Don't need picket fences, brick wall

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