Snow falling sideways
Ice bars outside my window
Wind bitterly cries
As winter mocks springs first day
Here in the Catskill mountains-
3-26-02
Finale
Shooting stars ablaze
Burn until they reach nights edge
Softly they will fall
Locked inside remains star light
While their sleep forever more-
11-9-98
Saying Goodbye
Carefully I walk
Trying so hard to be brave
They all see my fear
Dark glasses cover their eyes
As mine flow over with tears-
11-7-98
-Tanka style- These poems are frequently about love, seasons, sadness, with strong images and poetic devices haiku avoids. 5 lines, with lines 1 and 3 being shorter. Syllables per line are 5-7-5-7-7 respectively. -- defintion from "Poet's Market, 1998"