Two days ago, we featured more than a dozen one-breath poems
from our Honored Guest George Swede, along with his five “essential”
rules for defining/writing haiku.
Last night, we learned that Prof. Swede’s collection of tanka poetry,
First Light, First Shadows, is the winner of the Snapshot Press
Tanka Collection Competition 2005. In addition to a cash prize for
the author, the collection will be published later this year as an
8″ x 5″ perfect bound book. Congratulations, George!
Click here for our recent discussion of tanka
poetry, and for more links on the subject.
Please enjoy three tanka from the winning collection.
Our clothes
where they fell
on the floor
gather first light
first shadows
Burial of a friend—
in spite of myself
I marvel at
the yellow butterfly
against the blue sky
With the promotion
a corner office—
two window reflections
now vie for
my attention
george swede – First Light, First Shadows (pub. pending,
Snapshot Press 2006)
potluck
has failed to post in 2006. But, we’re glad to see that his winning
a major Blawg Review Award has not pressured him to start posting
prolifically, as it did with us. Wish we were so non chalant.
“spotlightS” Do you mean Your Editor could have sued all those legal
employers who hired him for his looks? (Law.com/AP, “$1.4
Billion Suit Claims Bank Hired Women as ‘Eye Candy,'”
Jan. 10, 2006). Who knew?
as a single-author legal webloggist. For example, see Roger Alford’s list.
January 10, 2006
tankas a lot, george
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