RUBY SPRIGGS
Lily Photograph, Sandra Morgan ©2001
Haiku:
sunrise
releasing crocus petals chirp by chirp clocks
put back –
each
in its place
snowflakes
I see the wind
losing touch the drifting leaves
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Tanka:
not
so long ago
how perfect you found the way I appeared now
that you’ve put on weight
glad
to return home
my
lipstick prints are still there
a
sudden loud noise
in
my next life
But
please I beg of you
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SOURCES:
Haiku:
“sunrise” – Haiku Canada Members’ Anthology 1989-1990, edited by Denise Coney
“clocks put back” – Through the Spirea: The 1998 Herb Barrett Award, edited by Michael Dylan Welch, hamilton press, 1999
“stars” and “thoughts lost” – “the concorde on time” renga with Dorothy Howard and Betty Drevniok, proof press, 1995
“snowflakes” – the Red Moon Anthology, 1997, edited by Jim Kacian, Red Moon Press, 1998
“losing touch”
and “even for the scarecrow” – “Falling Leaves” (solo sequence) , Mirrors,
Winter 1993, AHA Books.
Tanka:
“glad to return home” – Tanka Splendor: Mirrors International Tanka Awards, 1991; judged by George Swede; AHA Books, 1992
“a sudden loud noise” – First Prize, Traditional Category, North American Tanka Winners' Anthology:“Colorless Leaves” edited by Gerald St. Maur, inkling press, 2001
all other tanka – Wind Five Folded: An Anthology of English-Language Tanka, edited by Werner and Jane Reichhold, Aha Books, 1994
Ruby
Spriggs in Memoriam: Tanka
and Photo by Grant Savage
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