Linley Valley tanka

Posted on January 17, 2014 by

rough-skinned newt

four hundred

and seventy-two frogs and newts

relocated—

the number must be large enough

to obscure the bulldozer

(text and image © Kim Goldberg)

About Kim Goldberg

Kim Goldberg is an award-winning poet and journalist and the author of 7 books. Latest titles: UNDETECTABLE (her Hep C journey in haibun), RED ZONE (poems of homelessness) and RIDE BACKWARDS ON DRAGON: a poet's journey through Liuhebafa. She lives in Nanaimo, BC. Contact: goldberg@ncf.ca
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