the flame red cardinal / flashes through the snow grey air / chasing his swift mate / in the empty quiet woods / heralds of the dying winter
Tanka Poem | “february”
February 19, 2026 by Peter Galen Massey
February 19, 2026 by Peter Galen Massey
the flame red cardinal / flashes through the snow grey air / chasing his swift mate / in the empty quiet woods / heralds of the dying winter
“the dying winter…”
if winter is not the ultimate death then certainly that flash of red indicates entrance into a liminal space and an approaching a threshold…
just a thought i had…
may I share with with my students for our next class in apocalyptic literature?
Anything public is free to share!
Lovely!