Marilyn Humbert
Relapse
Light is dwindling. The track ahead, like the track behind, narrows. Overflowing words drift into distant voices.
windstorm
Cornered with no way out between thick trunks, an understory of thorns and brambles, a tangle of mistakes.
the eucalypt forest
The spell loosens and there you are, body swaying, arms swinging, feet tapping in time to music only you can hear.
dances free-form
About the Author
Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in international and Australian journals, anthologies, and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions, published online and in anthologies.