big tom <br />spilling into towns <br />beware <br />aggressive bird <br />with spurs <br /> <br />all too visible <br />mountain lion’s story <br />in the snow <br />children can only try <br />to cover their tracks <br /> <br />white bird <br />on rhino’s back <br />sometimes <br />I wonder <br />about friends <br /> <br />These Tanka were published online by Modern English Tanka 12 - Summer 2009 <br />Go to: http: //www.themetpress.com/MET/vol3? MET12_final.html (This was the final publication.)<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/big-tom-story-friends-3-tanka/
