Silver Birch Press has just published my tanka, “Natives“, as part of their BUGS & INSECTS series! Many thanks to Melanie and SBP for including me in this months-long series!
I really appreciate that SBP includes author notes. Here, it’s a chance to talk a bit about native plants and pollinators.
Please feel free to comment here or on the post itself, if you are so moved. Also, you can click around and read some of the diverse work centered around bugs and insects in this series or re-visit past series. I’ve loved participating in a number of Silver Birch Press prompt series over the past several years and hope to submit to more in the future.
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Joanne Corey 
very pretty Joanne
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Thanks so much, Beth! Despite my health struggles, I can occasionally manage a short poem, such as this tanka. 31 syllables is not as daunting as something longer.
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It’s lovely, thank you so much for sharing!
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Thanks, Devon! I think we can all use a moment of flowers and bumblebees in the midst of the current turmoil.
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What a lovely poem. I also appreciate the author’s note — if I ever get it together enough here I’d like to be this intentional about making sure our landscaping provides for nature year round.
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That’s great, Laura! Fortunately, it’s also something you can do little by little.
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Congratulations!
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Thanks!
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