Words grow muted . . . (a tanka)

Mary Kendall of a Poet in Time blog shares her talent in this exquisite poem. Please visit her blog for more of her beautiful poetry.

A Poet in Time

words grow muted
and hearing diminished –
I begin to tiptoe
along the lonely curve
of inner silence

arp-sculpture Title Unspecified, by Jean “Hans” Arp (French, b. German), 1950s

This tanka was published in The Ekphrastic Review: writing and art on art and writing on September 13, 2016. The journal is edited by Lorette C. Luzajic as part of the Ekphrastic 20 Challenge.

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