Tanka Prose

“Scheherazade” by Cynthia Bale: “Decades ago on my morning commute, deep in untreated PTSD, I had an overwhelming urge to floor the gas pedal…”

“Paperweight” by Joanna Ashwell: “Small kindnesses add up. Seemingly a box of feathers, yet anchored with hope. …”

“Springbeauty” by Ryland Shengzhi Li: “Five small petals, fragile as winter breath, drawn by blushing veins into a gold center…”

Sumitra Kumar’s “A Love Affair”: “It’s uncanny how some relationships don’t die…”

“Movement” by Richard Grahn

“June 21, 1991: Book of Hours,” by Joshua St. Claire