from Esra Sarioglu
August 22, 2013 Comments Off on from Esra Sarioglu
early I arise
to enjoy
the cooling shade of
a leafy tree
and a spacious mind
~
tanka by an’ya
May 16, 2013 Comments Off on tanka by an’ya
with spring fever
whenever sunshine and wind
come together
tis’ what makes leaf trees flicker
and all the earth a checkerboard
let us meet atop
a cliff’s edge as falcons
with wide-flung wings
forever to take flight
over foaming shallows
Upcoming Summer Issue
April 30, 2013 Comments Off on Upcoming Summer Issue
The summer issue of Inner Art Journal will be published on June 15th. We are looking forward to reading your tanka and other short form poetry. The submission deadline is June 1st.
tanka by nelima
March 1, 2013 Comments Off on tanka by nelima
when I think of ridding myself
of the objectionable
I lose momentum
the need to rid myself – weighty evidence
of the very problem I want to erase
physically bigger
yet I feel psychically smaller
having slipped from the lead role
to supporting actor
in my own play
my ambivalence
made the perfect blind spot
unable to name what was in plain sight
I kept blowing air
into a leaky balloon
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