November 2018 – Eric Koenig

Tanka 1: Sun & Moon

Waka poetry

Sun kissed Moon today
weeping rays of molten gold
cold pitiless white
touched, warmed, made to feel loved; whole
Moon blinks, confused and softened

Poem

The universe speaks
with silence.
Turn the chatter of your heart off, and
Listen
To what it says; from there,
the path you seek–