This Tanka appeared in hedgerow, issue 138

by

John J. Dunphy

city street

spent shell casing

spent shell casing

corpse

spent shell casing

John J. Dunphy’s peotry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites, Stellar Possibilities and Dark Nebulae. He owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL.